Per*fec"tion (?), n. [F. perfection, L. perfectio.]
1.
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection.
2.
A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
Shak.
What tongue can her perfections tell?
Sir P. Sidney.
To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence; perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection.
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Per*fec"tion, v. t.
To perfect.
[Obs.]
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