The Collaborative International Dictionary
Perfect \Per"fect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Perfecting.] [L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere. See Perfect,
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] 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.
God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us.
--1 John iv. 12.Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, . . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct species.
--Locke.Perfecting press (Print.), a press in which the printing on both sides of the paper is completed in one passage through the machine.
Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.