"perfectionate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: perfectionates [present, singular, third-person], perfectionating [participle, present], perfectionated [participle, past], perfectionated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French perfectionner (with common translation of French -er to English -ate; as in assassinate). Equivalent to perfection + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|frm|perfectionner}} Borrowed from Middle French perfectionner, {{af|en|perfection|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} perfection + -ate (verb-forming suffix) Head templates: {{en-verb}} perfectionate (third-person singular simple present perfectionates, present participle perfectionating, simple past and past participle perfectionated)
  1. (transitive, now rare) To make perfect or complete; to perfect. Tags: archaic, transitive

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