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self-perˈfection †1. [self- 5 a.] Inherent perfection. Obs.
1628Feltham Resolves ii. ix. 22 Shee was of such a selfe⁓perfection; that she might very well embleme, whatsoeuer omnipotency could make most rare. 2. [self- 1 b.] The perfecting of one's character, life, etc. U.S.
1837H. Martineau Soc. Amer. III. 49 In the days when mutual and self-perfection will be the prevalent idea which the civilisation of the time will express. 1905E. B. Holt tr. Münsterberg's Americans 355 In Puritan America the soul's welfare stood in the foreground, and only secondarily was the striving for self-perfection, self-searching, and self⁓culture made to contribute to the advance of objective culture. Hence self-perˈfectionating ppl. a., self-perˈfectionment (in recent Dicts.).
1858J. Martineau Stud. Chr. 144 No self-perfectionating process..has warmth enough to ripen the soul's diviner fruits. |