perfecting

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Verb

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perfecting

  1. present participle and gerund of perfect

Noun

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perfecting (usually uncountable, plural perfectings)

  1. The bringing of something to a state of perfection.
    • 2002, R. A. Stradling, Philip IV and the Government of Spain, 1621-1665, page 342:
      All the same, the final embellishments and perfectings of detail occupied a further four years.
  2. (printing) The process of printing on both sides of the printed-on material during its single pass through the printing press.

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