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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Pêr'dy, adv.p. 968
  2. Pêr'die or Pār'diep. 968Certainly; verily; in truth; truly. [Obs.] Spenser.
  3. Pĕr'e-gal, a.p. 968Fully equal. [Obs.] Spenser.
  4. Pĕr'e-gri-nāte, v. i.p. 968To travel from place to place, or from one country to another; to live in a foreign country.
  5. Pĕr'e-gri-nate, a.p. 968Having traveled; foreign. [Obs.]
  6. Pĕr'e-gri-nā'tion, n.p. 968A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; abode in foreign countries. It should not be strange to us if in this our peregrination we do meet with rough passages. Burton.
  7. Pĕr'e-gri-nā'tor, n.p. 969A traveler into foreign countries.
  8. Pĕr'e-grīne, a.p. 969Foreign; not native. [Obs.] Bacon.
  9. Peregrine falconp. 969a species of hawk, or falcon; Falco peregrinus. See FALCON.
  10. Pĕr'e-grīne, n.p. 969A peregrine falcon. See FALCON.
  11. Pĕr'e-grin'i-ty, n.p. 969Strangeness. [Obs.] Cook.
  12. Per-ēmpt', v. t.p. 969(Law.) To kill; to crush or destroy. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
  13. Per-ēm'ption, n.p. 969A killing; a quashing; nonsuit. [Obs.] Ayliffe.
  14. Pĕr'emp-to-ri-ly, adv.p. 969In a peremptory manner; absolutely; positively. Never judge peremptorily on first appearances. S. Richardson.
  15. Pĕr′emp-to-ri-ness, n.p. 969The quality of being peremptory; positiveness; absolute decision; dogmatism. Peremptoriness is of two sorts: one, a magisterialness in matters of opinion; the other, a positiveness in matters of…
  16. Pĕr'emp-to-ry, a.p. 969Precluding debate or expostulation; express; positive; absolute; decisive; authoritative. “Briefly, then, for we are peremptory.” Shak. Think of heaven with hearty purposes and peremptory designs to…
  17. Peremptory challengep. 969Peremptory challenge (Law), a challenge, or right of challenging jurors, without showing cause. Syn.—Decisive; express; absolute; authoritative; arbitrary; dogmatical.
  18. Per-ēn'ni-al, a.p. 969Lasting or continuing without cessation through the year. 2. Hence, continuing without stop or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing. The perennial existence of bodies corporate, and…
  19. Per-ēn'ni-al, n.p. 969(Bot.) A plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves or not.
  20. Per-ên'ni-al-ly, adv.p. 969Continually; without ceasing.
  21. Per-ěn'ni-brăn'chi-ate, a.p. 969(Physiol.) Having branchiæ or gills through life, as certain inferior amphibians, like the Proteus. Carpenter.
  22. Per-ēn'ni-ty, n.p. 969The quality of being perennial; lasting continuance.
  23. Pĕr'er-rā'tion, n.p. 969A wandering or rambling through various places. Howell.
  24. Pĕr'fect, a.p. 969Brought to consummation or completeness; carried through; completed; filled up; full. Whence even now the tumult of loud mirth Was rife, and perfect in my listening ear. Milton. My strength is made…
  25. Pĕr'fect or Per-fĕct', v. t.p. 969To finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to any thing all that is requisite to its nature and kind; to make consummate. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love…
  26. Pĕr'fect-er or Per-fĕct'er, n.p. 969One who makes perfect. Broome.
  27. Per-fĕct/i-bĭl'i-an, n.p. 969One who holds to perfectibility. Ed. Rev.
  28. Per-fĕct/i-bĭl/i-ty, n.p. 969The quality of being perfectible.
  29. Per-féct'i-ble, a.p. 969Capable of becoming or being made perfect, or of arriving at the utmost perfection of the species.
  30. Per-fĕc'tion, n.p. 969The state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; completed culture, skill, or moral excellence; full possession of any thing desirable; perfectness; as, perfection in an…
  31. Per-fĕc'tion, v. t.p. 969To complete; to make perfect. [Obs.]
  32. Per-fĕc'tion-al, a.p. 969Pertaining to perfection. 2. Made complete; perfected. [Obs.] Pearson.
  33. Per-fĕc'tion-āte, v. t.p. 969To make perfect; to perfect. [Rare.] Dryden.
  34. Per-fĕc'tion-ā'tion, n.p. 969The act of perfecting or making perfect.
  35. Per-fĕc'tion-ism, n.p. 969The doctrine of the Perfectionists.
  36. Per-fé’tion-ist, n.p. 969One pretending to have attained to moral perfection; one who believes that some persons actually attain to moral perfection in the present life.
  37. Per-féction-ment, n.p. 969The act of perfecting or making perfect, or the state of being perfect. I. Taylor.
  38. Per-fĕct'ive, a.p. 969Calculated or tending to perfect; conducing to make perfect or bring to perfection; — usually followed by of. “If England, in our memory, hath been sensible of a perfective alteration in her…
  39. Per-fĕct'ive-ly, adv.p. 969In a perfective manner.
  40. Pĕr'fect-ly, adv.p. 969In a perfect manner or degree; to perfection; completely; totally; exactly; accurately. “How perfectly I love her.” Shak. “Sincerely good and perfectly divine.” Milton.
  41. Pĕr'fect-ness, n.p. 969The state or quality of being perfect; perfection; completeness; consummate excellence; fullness; completion. And, above all these things, put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. Col. iii.…
  42. Per-fĭ'çient, a.p. 969Efficient; effectual. [Rare.]
  43. Per-fĭ'çient, n.p. 969One who performs a work; especially, one who endows a charity.
  44. Per-fĭd'i-oŭs, a.p. 969Guilty of, or involving, perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; treacherous; faithless; false; dishonest; as, a perfidious agent; a perfidious friend. “A most…
  45. Per-fīd'i-oüs-ly, adv.p. 969In a perfidious manner; treacherously; by breach of faith or allegiance.
  46. Per-fĭd'i-ōŭs-ness, n.p. 969The quality of being perfidious; treachery; traitorousness; breach of faith, vows, or allegiance.
  47. Pĕr'fi-dy, n.p. 969The act of violating faith, a promise, vow, or allegiance; faithlessness; treachery; the violation of a trust reposed. “Such was his perfidy to this sacred engagement.” De Quincey.
  48. Per-fix', v. t.p. 969To fix; to settle; to agree upon. [Obs. and rare.] Take heed, as you are gentlemen, this quarrel Sleep till the hour perfixed. Beau. & Fl.
  49. Pēr'fla-ble, a.p. 969Capable of being blown through. [Obs.]
  50. Per-flāte', v. t.p. 969To blow through. [Obs.] Harvey.
  51. Per-flā'tion, n.p. 969The act of perflating, or blowing through. [Obs.] Woodward.
  52. Per-fō'li-ate, a.p. 969(Bot.) Surrounding the stem at the base; as, a perfoliate leaf.
  53. Pĕr'fo-rāte, v. t.p. 969To bore through; to pierce with a pointed instrument; to penetrate; to make a hole or holes through by boring or driving.
  54. Pĕr'fo-rate or Pĕr'fo-rā'ted, a.p. 969(Bot.) Pierced with holes, or having transparent dots resembling holes.
  55. Pĕr'fo-rā'tion, n.p. 969The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. 2. A hole or aperture passing through any thing, or into the interior of a substance.
  56. Pĕr'fo-ra-tive, a.p. 969Having power to perforate or pierce.
  57. Pêr'fo-rā'tor, n.p. 969An instrument that bores or perforates.
  58. Per-fōrçe', adv.p. 969By force or violence; violently; of necessity; absolutely. Bring him on perforce To speak to their affliction. Akenside.
  59. Per-fōrçe', v. t.p. 969To force; to compel. [Obs.]
  60. Per-fōrm', v. t.p. 969To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. What in an age they with incessant toil And hands innumerable scarce perform. Milton. 2. To execute; to…