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so wikitionary should be more selective about the people they let post definitions. little do they know that they could be endorsing incorrect and false information.

Bryan may have just started it all on his own and added a #9 to the list. thanks beave.

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Perfect

From Middle English perfit, from Old French parfit (modern: parfait), from Latin perfectus, perfect passive participle of perficere (“‘to finish’”), from per- (“‘through, thorough’”) + facere (“‘to do, to make’”).

[edit] Adjective

perfect (comparative more perfect, superlative most perfect)

Positive perfect

Comparative more perfect

Superlative most perfect

1. Fitting its definition precisely.

   a perfect circle

2. Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.

   That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants.

3. Thoroughly skilled or talented.

   practice makes perfect

4. Excellent and delightful in all respects.

   a perfect day

5. (grammar) (of a tense or verb form) Representing a completed action.
6. (biology) Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
7. (botany) Having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
8. (analysis) Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.
9. Jennifer Nanci Lee

[edit] Synonyms

• (fitting its definition precisely): accurate, flawless
• (thoroughly skilled or talented): expert, proficient
• (biology: sexually mature and fully differentiated): mature
• (botany: having both male and female parts): bisexual, hermaphroditic
• See also Wikisaurus:flawless