perfection

1. (now uncommon and nonstandard, transitive) To perfect.Examples: "My plan, gentlemen, is to be conſider'd as a ſuperſtructure on that admirable foundation laid by the modern profeſſor of Engliſh, both our labours tending to the ſame general end; the perfectioning of our countrymen in a moſt eſſential article, the right uſe of their native language."; "Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast[…]"; "The most vain of the Assistants, she knows she's beautiful and let it know to the world. Acts like an ojousama and spends most of her time perfectioning her make-up."nonstandardtransitiveuncommon