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IMPER'FECT, a. [L. imperfectus; in and perfectus, finished, perfect; perficio, to perfect; per and facio, to make.]

1. Not finished; not complete. The work or design is imperfect.

2. Defective; not entire, sound or whole; wanting a part; impaired. The writings of Livy are imperfect.

3. Not perfect in intellect; liable to err; as, men are imperfect; our minds and understandings are imperfect.

4. Not perfect in a moral view; not according to the laws of God, or the rules of right. Our services and obedience are imperfect.

5. In grammar, the imperfect tense denotes an action in time past, then present, but not finished.

6. In music, incomplete; not having all the accessary sounds; as an imperfect chord.

An imperfect interval is one which does not contain its complement of simple sounds.


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IMPER'FECT, a. [L. imperfectus; in and perfectus, finished, perfect; perficio, to perfect; per and facio, to make.]

1. Not finished; not complete. The work or design is imperfect.

2. Defective; not entire, sound or whole; wanting a part; impaired. The writings of Livy are imperfect.

3. Not perfect in intellect; liable to err; as, men are imperfect; our minds and understandings are imperfect.

4. Not perfect in a moral view; not according to the laws of God, or the rules of right. Our services and obedience are imperfect.

5. In grammar, the imperfect tense denotes an action in time past, then present, but not finished.

6. In music, incomplete; not having all the accessary sounds; as an imperfect chord.

An imperfect interval is one which does not contain its complement of simple sounds.

IM-PER'FECT, a.

In botany, wanting either stamens or pistils; as a flower.


IM-PER'FECT, a. [L. imperfectus; in and perfectus, finished, perfect; perficio, to perfect; per and facio, to make.]

  1. Not finished; not complete. The work or design is imperfect.
  2. Defective; not entire, sound or whole; wanting a part; impaired. The writings of Livy are imperfect.
  3. Not perfect in intellect; liable to err; as, men are imperfect; our minds and understandings are imperfect.
  4. Not perfect in a moral view; not according to the laws of God, or the rules of right. Our services and obedience are imperfect.
  5. In grammar, the imperfect tense denotes an action in time past, then present, but not finished.
  6. In music, incomplete; not having all the accessary sounds; as, an imperfect chord. An imperfect interval is one which does not contain its complement of simple sounds. Busby.

Im*per"fect
  1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.

    Something he left imperfect in the state. Shak.

    Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. Shak.

  2. The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense.
  3. To make imperfect.

    [Obs.]
  4. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity.

    He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person. Jer. Taylor.

  5. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.

    Nothing imperfect or deficient left
    Of all that he created.     Milton.

    Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
    Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought.     Pope.

    Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew arch. -- Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic, but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving complete rest; a half close. -- Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the fifth and forth. -- Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or pistils. Gray. -- Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than perfect; as, an imperfect fifth. -- Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case, it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an abundant number. -- Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law. -- Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus, 9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube. -- Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and incomplete action.

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Imperfect

IMPER'FECT, adjective [Latin imperfectus; in and perfectus, finished, perfect; perficio, to perfect; per and facio, to make.]

1. Not finished; not complete. The work or design is imperfect

2. Defective; not entire, sound or whole; wanting a part; impaired. The writings of Livy are imperfect

3. Not perfect in intellect; liable to err; as, men are imperfect; our minds and understandings are imperfect

4. Not perfect in a moral view; not according to the laws of God, or the rules of right. Our services and obedience are imperfect

5. In grammar, the imperfect tense denotes an action in time past, then present, but not finished.

6. In music, incomplete; not having all the accessary sounds; as an imperfect chord.

An imperfect interval is one which does not contain its complement of simple sounds.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

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He believes himself a man of importance.

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