perfection ment (perfekshonment)

[F. perfectionnement; as perfection, v., + -ment.] The act of making perfect, or the state of being perfect. [Rare.] perfective (per-fektiv), a. [= Sp. Pg. perfec tivo = It. perfettivo; as perfect + -ive.] Tending or conducing to perfecting or perfection. The affections are in the destitution of their perfective actions made tumultuous, vexed, and discomposed, to height of rage and violence. Jer. Taylor, Works, II. xix. perfectively (per-fektiv-li), adv. In a perfec tive manner. As virtue is seated fundamentally in the intellect, so perfectively in the phancy. N. Grew, Cosmologia Sacra, ii. 7. perfectle t (per'fekt-les), a. [ Fond Epicure, (Not shunning the Atheists sin, but punishment), Imaginedst a God so perfect -le , In Works defying whom thy words profe . Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, i. 7. perfectly (pèr'fekt-li), adv. [Early mod. E. also per fitly; ME. perfitely, perfyghtly, parfytele; perfect + -ly2.] 1. In a perfect manner; wholly; completely; entirely; thoroughly; altogether; quite: as, the matter clear; the coat is perfectly new. perfectly Alle tho that beleven perfitely in God schul ben saved. Mandeville, Travels, p. 135. Ther she lyeth in a fayer Chapell, Closyd in a Coffer, hyr face bare and nakyed that ye may se it perfyghtly . Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 10. I love you perfectly well, I love both your Person and Parts, which are not vulgar. Howell , Letters, I. v. 11. Some, indeed, who live in the valleys of the low country are perfectly black. Bruce , Source of the Nile, II. 217. perfectly 2. With the highest degree of thoroughne or excellence; in such a way as to leave nothing to be desired: as, she dances perfectly; he speaks the language perfectly. And can [know] you these tongues perfectly? Beau, and Fl., Coxcomb, iv. 4. So may an excellent virtue of the soul smooth and calcine the body, and make it serve perfectly , and without rebellious indispositions. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 845. 3. With great exactne , nicety, or precision; 4393 These great virtues were balanced by great vices; inhuman cruelty; perjidy more than Punic; ne truth, no faith; no regard to oaths. Hume , On Morals, App. 4. =Syn. See perfidious .