"self-perfect" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: self-perfects [present, singular, third-person], self-perfecting [participle, present], self-perfected [participle, past], self-perfected [past]
Etymology: self- + perfect Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|perfect}} self- + perfect Head templates: {{en-verb}} self-perfect (third-person singular simple present self-perfects, present participle self-perfecting, simple past and past participle self-perfected)
  1. To perfect itself; to make itself perfect.
    Sense id: en-self-perfect-en-verb-0qotlG3l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self-

Inflected forms

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