Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language 1. (a.) Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct. 2. (a.) Well informed; certain; sure. 3. (a.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. 4. (n.) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense. 5. (v.) 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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