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Webster 1913 Edition


Unperfect

Un-per′fect

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
perfect
.]
To mar or destroy the perfection of.
[Obs.]
Sir P. Sidney.

Un-per′fect

,
Adj.
[Pref.
un-
+
perfect
.]
Imperfect.
[Obs.]
Holland.
Un-per′fect-ly
,
adv.
[Obs.]
Hales.
Un-per′fect-ness
,
Noun.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Unperfect

UNPER'FECT

,
Adj.
Not perfect; not complete. [But the word now used is imperfect.]

Definition 2024


unperfect

unperfect

English

Adjective

unperfect (comparative more unperfect, superlative most unperfect)

  1. imperfect

Verb

unperfect (third-person singular simple present unperfects, present participle unperfecting, simple past and past participle unperfected)

  1. (transitive) To mar or destroy the perfection of.
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