Shak.
3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of
flower.
Perfect cadence (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close in harmony,
as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant. -- Perfect chord (Mus.), a
concord or union of sounds which is perfectly coalescent and agreeable
to the ear, as the unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect
consonance; a common chord in its original position of keynote, third,
fifth, and octave. -- Perfect number (Arith.), a number equal to the
sum of all its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors, are
14, 7, 4, 2, 1. See Abundant number, under Abundant. Brande & C. --
Perfect tense (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or state
completed.
Syn. -- Finished; consummate; complete; entire; faultless; blameless;
unblemished.
Per"fect (?), n. The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
Per"fect (?), 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.
God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us.