perˈfectioning, vbl. n.
[f. perfection v. + -ing1.]
The action of bringing to perfection.
| 1548 Udall Erasm. Par. Luke xxiv. 186 Christe..taught the perfeccionyng of the lawe, whan he pronounced those straunge beatitudes neuer afore heard of. 1693 Evelyn De la Quint. Compl. Gard. II. 95 Culture really contributes to the Perfectioning of its new Productions. 1762 Foote Orators i. i, The perfectioning of our countrymen in..the right use of their native language. 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. i. 59 The gradual perfectioning of the respiratory machinery. |