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▪ I. unˈperfect, a. Now rare.
[un-1 7, 5 b.]
1. Of persons: Imperfect in respect of nature, conduct, or function.
a1340Hampole Ps. cxxxviii. 15 Thou saghe mercifully my men, that ere vnperfyt. c1380Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 45 Þei weren ȝit unperfit, and Petir, after þat Crist was risun.., synnede many weyes. 1402Jack Upland in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 20 Certes..it seemeth that yee be unperfect. c1449Pecock Repr. v. xiv. 560 Vnperfit men cumbrid in her freelnes..ouȝten chese ful ofte the..surer good to hem bifore the vnsurer good. 1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Heb. 11 As the vnperfiter priesthood geueth place vnto the perfiter. 1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits xiv. 252 A man vnperfect and void of the gifts of nature. 1617Moryson Itin. II. 79 The wisest Counsels..are vncertaine, and the wisest men vnperfect. a1628F. Grevil Sidney (1652) 12 What marvail can it be, if these Iacobs and Esaus strive..as well before as after they come out of such erring and unperfect wombes? 1766A. Nicol Poems 14 O, Heavens! deliver me..From one that's thriftless, nasty, unperfeit.
b. Inexpert, unskilled; not properly trained or practised; not thoroughly up in one's part.
c1440Gesta Rom. xliii. 170 (Harl. MS.), They wer..vnperfite of the crafte, or vncunnynge in the mystery. c1470Henry Wallace iv. 736 Rycht wnperfyt I am of Venus play. 1545R. Ascham Toxoph. (Arb.) 20, I beyng an vnperfyte shoter. 1577–82Breton Floorish upon Fancie To Yng. Gentlemen, I was..in a place vnknowne..vnperfect to returne the waye I went. c1600Shakes. Sonn. xxiii. 1 As an vnperfect actor on the stage, Who with his feare is put besides his part.
2. Not brought to perfection or completeness; left unfinished, incomplete, or defective; not full in number, etc.:
a. Of material things.
1382Wyclif Ps. cxxxviii. 16 Myn vnparfit thing seȝen thin eȝen. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. i. (Bodl. MS.), In some trene þe [humoure] is vnsufficiaunte and vnperfecte. c1449Pecock Repr. ii. ix. 193 The sympler and vnperfiter and lasse representing ymage. 1483Act 1 Ric. III, c. 8 Preamble, Wollen clothes..unperfite and deceyvably made. 1535Coverdale Wisd. iv. 5 The vnparfecte braunches shalbe broken. a1568R. Ascham Scholem. (Arb.) 142 Plautus and Terence, with a litle rude vnperfit pamflet of the elder Cato. 1604T. Wright Passions Ep. Ded., The vncorrected copie..of three..was most vnperfit. 1626Bacon Sylva §546 Mushroomes..are likewise an unperfect Plant. 1683Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing 8 Some Trades are..sooner sold off, which renders the remainder of the un-sold Exercises unperfect. 1858H. Bushnell Nat. & Supernat. xi. (1864) 342 The world..was made, including man, as a thing necessarily unperfect.
b. Of qualities, concepts, etc.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 302 A fool..bryngiþ in a newe ordre þat is boþe heuy & vnperfiȝt. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 53 He dede oon dede þat semede of unperfiȝt witte. c1475Partenay 5225 The pope assoiled hym ther benyngly, When [he] declared hade hys dedes vnperfight. 1535Coverdale 1 Cor. xiii. 9 Our knowlege is vnparfecte, and our prophecienge is vnparfecte. 1551T. Wilson Logike H iiij, An halfe argument, is an argument vnperfect. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 150 Nurses..doe babble with them in their owne stammering and vnperfite language. 1614Raleigh Hist. World iii. xii. 145 Taking vpon themselues the maintenance of the peace..which Agesilaus..had left vnperfect. 1656Sanderson Serm. (1689) 537 The sence hangeth unperfect unless we take in the former verse.
▪ II. † unˈperfect, v. Obs.
[un-2 3.]
trans. To render imperfect.
1548Geste Pr. Masse C vii, To renew the sayde sacryfyce is vtterlye to vnperfyt, & disable it quite. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. v, The dressing of her haire and apparell..left to a neglected chaunce, which yet coulde no more unperfect her perfections, than a Die..could loose his squarenesse. |