Perfecting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perfect \Per"fect\ (p[~e]r*f[e^]kt" or p[~e]r"f[e^]kt; 277), v.
     t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perfecting}.]
     [L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere. See {Perfect}, a.]
     To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave
     nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to
     its nature and kind.


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           God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us. --1
                                                    John iv. 12.
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           Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, .
           . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct
           species.                                 --Locke.
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     {Perfecting press} (Print.), a press in which the printing on
        both sides of the paper is completed in one passage
        through the machine.
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     Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.
          [1913 Webster] perfectibility