"perfectionize" meaning in All languages combined

See perfectionize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: perfectionizes [present, singular, third-person], perfectionizing [participle, present], perfectionized [participle, past], perfectionized [past]
Etymology: perfection + -ize Etymology templates: {{suf|en|perfection|ize}} perfection + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} perfectionize (third-person singular simple present perfectionizes, present participle perfectionizing, simple past and past participle perfectionized)
  1. (transitive, chiefly archaic) To bring to perfection; to perfect. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-perfectionize-en-verb-XBnXnvQF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 73 27
  2. (intransitive) To be a perfectionist. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-perfectionize-en-verb-~2AkLLFR

Inflected forms

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