perfectorn.
/pəˈfɛktə/, U.S. /pərˈfɛktər/ 1. = perfecter n. 1.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [noun] > one who or that which perfects
perfector1578
sublimera1631
finish1779
perfectionizer1841
perfectionatora1849
perfectioner1879
the world > action or operation > completing > [noun] > one who completes an action or process
enderc1384
perfecterc1425
fulfillerc1434
finisher1526
sealer1615
crownera1625
perficient1641
completer1701
perfector1836
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man vii. 92 The hart..beyng the fountaine of vitall heate, and perfector of vitall spirites.
1625 J. Stradling Diuine Poemes 287 Looke to our Faiths first Author and Perfector: The hope of ioy, made him despise all shame.
1672 T. Sherley Philos. Ess. viii. 119 God, the Supream Fabricator, Perfector, and Essentialisor of all things.
a1722 J. Toland Catal. Bks. attrib. Jesus Christ in Coll. Pieces I. 394 The Eternal Gospel..was forg'd and publish'd by the mendicant Fryers, as the perfectors..of God's Economy.
1836 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens (1837) II. 406 Men who form the first steps in the progress between the originator and the perfector.
1883 Longman's Mag. 2 606 The perfectors of geographical research.
1941 C. Saerchinger tr. A. Einstein Greatness in Music iv. 212 He is the perfector and consummator, not of an epoch but of several centuries.
1994 Social Stud. Sci. 24 685 Joseph von Fraunhofer, the perfector of the achromatic lens, serves as a good example.
2. Printing. = perfecting machine n. at perfecting n. Compounds. Cf. perfecter n. 2.
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society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [noun] > printing on both sides
perfecting machine1847
perfecting press1858
perfecter1899
perfector1907
1907 Cambr. Mod. Hist. Prosp. 92 The press on which they [sc. the plates] are to be put is a perfector.
1964 E. A. D. Hutchings Printing by Letterpress I. viii. 125 The Miehle perfector has been the standard bookwork machine for many years, printing both sides of the sheet in one operation.
1971 R. Brewer Approach to Print ii. 20 Perfectors use an elaboration of the above-mentioned principle to print both sides of the sheet.
2000 Printing World 7 Feb. 19/2 The move to its present site in May 1998, provided ample room for another Speedmaster, a five-colour perfector, to be added to the line-up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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