perfectionizev.

Brit.

/pəˈfɛkʃənʌɪz/,

/pəˈfɛkʃn̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/pərˈfɛkʃəˌnaɪz/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: perfection n., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < perfection n. + -ize suffix. Cf earlier perfect v., perfection v., perfectionate v.

Now rare.

transitive. To bring to perfection; to perfect.

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [verb (transitive)]

perfectc1440

perfectionate1570

consummate1581

perfection1651

perfectionize1805

1805 S. J. Pratt Hail Fellow! Well Met! ii. ii. 77 Killed or wounded in carrying decrees to the sections, (for perfectionizing human nature).

1839 M. W. Shelley Note on Prometheus Unbound in P. B. Shelley Wks. II. 133 Man could be so perfectionized as to be able to expel evil from his own nature.

1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 617 Steam allows us leisure to examine into old abuses, and perfectionize new reforms.

1846 H. W. Torrens Remarks Uses Mil. Hist. 374 We must..endeavour to perfectionize our military system.

1997 Geografiska Annaler B. 79 159/1 Driven by technological change, humankind's grasp of the present was perfectionized.

Derivatives

† perfectionizement n. Obsolete = perfectionizing n. and adj. (a).

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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > bringing to perfection

perfectinga1513

perfectioning1548

sublimation1599

perfectionating1695

perfectionizing1808

perfectionation1812

perfectionment1827

perfectation1832

perfectionizement1844

sublimification1886

1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 200/2 The theories of the perfectionizement of the fair sex now issuing from the press.

perˈfectionizing n. and adj. (a) n. the action of making perfect; (b) adj. that makes perfect.

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