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PER'EMPTORILY, adv. [from peremptory.] Absolutely; positively; in a decisive man...
PER'EMPTORINESS, n. Positiveness; absolute decision; dogmatism. Peremptoriness i...
PER'EMPTORY, a. [L. peremptorius, from peremptus, taken away, killed.] 1. Expres...
PEREN'NIAL, a. [L. perennis; per and annus, a year.] 1. Lasting or continuing wi...
PEREN'NIALLY, adv. Continually; without ceasing.
PEREN'NITY, n. [L. perennitas.] An enduring or continuing through the whole year...
PERERRA'TION, n. [L. perrro; per and erro, to wander.] A wandering or rambling t...
PER'FECT, a. [L. perfectus, perficio, to complete; per and facio, to do or make ...
PER'FECTED, pp. Finished; completed.
PER'FECTER, n. One that makes perfect.
PERFECTIBIL'ITY, n. [from perfectible.] The capacity of becoming or being made p...
PERFECT'IBLE, a. Capable of becoming or being made perfect, or of arriving at th...
PER'FECTING, ppr. Finishing; completing; consummating.
PERFEC'TION, n. [L. perfectio.] The state of being perfect or complete, so that ...
PERFEC'TIONAL, a. Made complete.
PERFEC'TIONATE, used by Dryden and Tooke, in lieu of the verb to perfect, is a u...