Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to perfectionate
Participle: perfectionated
Gerund: perfectionating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | perfectionate |
| you | perfectionate |
| he;she;it | perfectionates |
| we | perfectionate |
| you | perfectionate |
| they | perfectionate |
Perfect
| I | have perfectionated |
| you | have perfectionated |
| he;she;it | has perfectionated |
| we | have perfectionated |
| you | have perfectionated |
| they | have perfectionated |
Past
| I | perfectionated |
| you | perfectionated |
| he;she;it | perfectionated |
| we | perfectionated |
| you | perfectionated |
| they | perfectionated |
Pluperfect
| I | had perfectionated |
| you | had perfectionated |
| he;she;it | had perfectionated |
| we | had perfectionated |
| you | had perfectionated |
| they | had perfectionated |
Future
| I | will perfectionate |
| you | will perfectionate |
| he;she;it | will perfectionate |
| we | will perfectionate |
| you | will perfectionate |
| they | will perfectionate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have perfectionated |
| you | will have perfectionated |
| he;she;it | will have perfectionated |
| we | will have perfectionated |
| you | will have perfectionated |
| they | will have perfectionated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | perfectionate |
| you | perfectionate |
| he;she;it | perfectionate |
| we | perfectionate |
| you | perfectionate |
| they | perfectionate |
Perfect
| I | have perfectionated |
| you | have perfectionated |
| he;she;it | have perfectionated |
| we | have perfectionated |
| you | have perfectionated |
| they | have perfectionated |
Imperfect
| I | perfectionated |
| you | perfectionated |
| he;she;it | perfectionated |
| we | perfectionated |
| you | perfectionated |
| they | perfectionated |
Pluperfect
| I | had perfectionated |
| you | had perfectionated |
| he;she;it | had perfectionated |
| we | had perfectionated |
| you | had perfectionated |
| they | had perfectionated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would perfectionate |
| you | would perfectionate |
| he;she;it | would perfectionate |
| we | would perfectionate |
| you | would perfectionate |
| they | would perfectionate |
Perfect
| I | would have perfectionated |
| you | would have perfectionated |
| he;she;it | would have perfectionated |
| we | would have perfectionated |
| you | would have perfectionated |
| they | would have perfectionated |
Imperative
| you | perfectionate |
| we | Let's perfectionate |
| you | perfectionate |
Verbs conjugated like 'perfectionate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'perfectionate'
affectionate,
perfection,
effectivate,
fractionate,
peregrinate,
perendinate,
pervestigate,
refractionate,
cofractionate,
deflectionize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French perfectionner (with common translation of French -er to English -ate; as in assassinate). Equivalent to perfection + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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[P]ainters and sculptors, cjoosing the most elegant natural beauties, perfectionate the idea, and advance their art above Nature itself in her individual productions; which is the utmost mastery of human performance. [1695, John Dryden, Parallel of Poetry and Painting:]
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‘I agree with you,’ replied the stranger; ‘we are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser, better, dearer than ourselves—such a friend ought to be—do not lend his aid to perfectionate our weak and faulty natures.’ [1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:]
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If interrupted, he remonstrated pathetically with his little maid. Every great artist, he said, had need of solitude to perfectionate his works. [1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 23, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:]