Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 40
Perdu (a.) Alt. of Perdue.
Perdue (a.) Lost to view; in concealment or ambush.
He should lie perdue who is to walk the round. -- Fuller.
Perdue (a.) Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless. "A perdue captain." -- Beau. & Fl.
Perduellion (n.) (Civil Law) Treason. (Obs.)
Perduellion (n.) (pl. -s) (Roman law) Treason, subversion.
Compare: Treason
Treason (n.) [U] 叛國罪，通敵罪；謀反罪；叛國；背叛，不忠 The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery.
The treason of the murthering in the bed. -- Chaucer.
Note: In monarchies, the killing of the sovereign, or an attempt to take his life, is treason. In England, to imagine or compass the death of the king, or of the queen consort, or of the heir apparent to the crown, is high treason, as are many other offenses created by statute. In the United States, treason is confined to the actual levying of war against the United States, or to an adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.
Treason (n.) Loosely, the betrayal of any trust or confidence; treachery; perfidy.
If he be false, she shall his treason see. -- Chaucer.
Petit treason. See under Petit.
Treason (n.) A crime that undermines the offender's government [syn: treason, high treason, lese majesty].
Treason (n.) Disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior [syn: treason, subversiveness, traitorousness].
Treason (n.) An act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy].
Compare: Subversion
Subversion (n.) 顛覆；覆滅；顛覆因素；破壞因素 The act of overturning, or the state of being overturned; entire overthrow; an overthrow from the foundation; utter ruin; destruction; as, the subversion of a government; the subversion of despotic power; the subversion of the constitution.
The subversion [by a storm] of woods and timber . . . through my whole estate. -- Evelyn.
Laws have been often abused to the oppression and subversion of that order they were intended to preserve. -- Rogers.
Subversion (n.) Destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence" [syn: corruption, subversion].
Subversion (n.) The act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government [syn: subversion, subversive activity].
Perdulous (a.) Lost; thrown away. [Obs.] -- Abp. Bramhall.
Perdurability (n.) Durability; lastingness. [Archaic] -- Chaucer.
Perdurability (n.) The property of being extremely durable.
Perdurable (n.) Very durable; lasting; continuing long. [Archaic] -- Chaucer. -- Shak. -- Per*dur"a*bly, adv. [Archaic] Perdurance
Perdurable (a.) Very long lasting; "less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent" [syn: durable, indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable].
Perdurance (n.) Alt. of Perduration.
Perduration (n.) Long continuance. [Archaic]
Perdure (v. i.) To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting. [Archaic]
The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines. -- Hickok.
Perdy (adv.) Truly. See Parde. [Obs.]
Pere (n.) A peer. [Obs.] --
Chaucer.
Peregal (a.) Fully equal. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. "Peregal to the
best." -- Spenser.
Peregrinate (v. i.) To travel from place to place, or from one country to another; hence, to sojourn in foreign countries.
Peregrinate (a.) Having traveled; foreign. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Peregrinate (v.) Travel around, through, or over, especially on foot; "peregrinate the bridge."
Peregrination (n.) A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; sojourn in foreign countries.
Peregrination (n.) [ C ] (Formal) （尤指徒步的）旅行；漫遊；旅程；遊歷 A long journey in which you travel to various different places, especially on foot.
Peregrinator (n.) [L.] One who peregrinates; one who travels about.
Peregrine (n.) The peregrine falcon.
Peregrine (a.) Foreign; not native; extrinsic or from without; exotic. [Spelt also pelegrine.] "Peregrine and preternatural heat." -- Bacon.
Peregrine falcon (Zool.), A courageous and swift falcon ({Falco peregrinus), remarkable for its wide distribution over all the continents. The adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and great-footed hawk.
Peregrine (a.) Migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes" [syn: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering].
Peregrine (n.) A widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry [syn: peregrine, peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus].
Peregrinity (n.) Foreignness; strangeness. [Obs.] "Somewhat of a peregrinity in their dialect." -- Johnson.
Peregrinity (n.) Travel; wandering. [R.] -- Carlyle.
Perel (n.) Apparel. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Perempt (v. t.) (Law) To destroy; to defeat. [R.] -- Ayliffe.
Peremption (n.) (Law) A quashing; a defeating. [Obs.]
Peremptorily (adv.) In a peremptory manner; absolutely; positively. -- Bacon.
Peremptoriness (n.) The quality of being peremptory; positiveness.
Peremptory (a.) Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final.
Think of heaven with hearty purposes and peremptory designs to get thither. -- Jer. Taylor.
Peremptory (a.) Positive in opinion or judgment; decided; dictatorial; dogmatical.
Be not too positive and peremptory. -- Bacon.
Briefly, then, for we are peremptory. -- Shak.
Peremptory (a.) Firmly determined;
unawed. [Poetic] -- Shak.
Peremptory challenge (Law) See under Challenge.
Peremptory mandamus, A final and absolute mandamus.
Peremptory plea, A plea by a defendant tending to impeach the plaintiff's right of action; a plea in bar.
Syn: Decisive; positive; absolute; authoritative; express; arbitrary; dogmatical.
Peremptory (a.) Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory].
Peremptory (a.) Not allowing contradiction or refusal; "spoke in peremptory tones"; "peremptory commands."
Peremptory (a.) Putting an end to all debate or action; "a peremptory decree."
Peremptory. () Absolute; positive. A final determination to act without hope of renewing or altering. Joined to a substantive, this word is frequently used in law; as peremptory action; F. N. B. 35, 38, 104, 108; peremptory nonsuit; Id. 5, 11; peremptory exception; Bract. lib. 4, c. 20; peremptory undertaking; 3 Chit. Pract. 112, 793; peremptory challenge of jurors, which is the right to challenge without assigning any cause. Inst. 4, 13, 9 Code, 7, 50, 2; Id. 8, 36, 8; Dig. 5, 1, 70 et 73.
Perennial (a.) Lasting or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.
Perennial (a.) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing.
The perennial existence of bodies corporate. -- Burke.
Perennial (a.) (Bot.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant.
Syn: Perpetual; unceasing; never failing; enduring; continual; permanent; uninterrupted.
Perennial (n.) (Bot.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.
Perennial (a.) Lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant" [ant: annual, biennial, one-year, two-year].
Perennial (a.) Lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness."
Perennial (a.) Recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" [syn: perennial, recurrent, repeated].
Perennial (n.) (Botany) A plant lasting for three seasons or more.
Perennially (adv.) 不絕地；永駐地 In a perennial manner.
Perennially (adv.) In a perennial manner; repeatedly; "We want to know what is perennially new about the world."
Perennibranchiata (n. pl.) (Zool.) Those Batrachia which retain their gills through life, as the menobranchus.
Perennibranchiate (a.) (Anat.) Having branchae, or gills, through life; -- said especially of certain Amphibia, like the menobranchus. Opposed to caducibranchiate.
Perennibranchiate (a.) (Zool.) Belonging to the Perennibranchiata.
Perennity (n.) The quality of being perennial. [R.] -- Derham.
Pererration (n.) A wandering, or rambling, through various places. [R.] -- Howell.
Perfect (a.) Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.
My strength is made perfect in weakness. -- 2 Cor. xii. 9.
Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. -- Shak.
I fear I am not in my perfect mind. -- Shak.
O most entire perfect sacrifice! -- Keble.
God made thee perfect, not immutable. -- Milton.
Perfect (a.) Well informed; certain; sure.
I am perfect that the Pannonians are now in arms. -- Shak.
Perfect (a.) (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.
Perfect cadence (Mus.), A complete and satisfactory close in the harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant.
Perfect chord (Mus.), A concord or union of sounds which is perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a common chord in its original position of keynote, third, fifth, and octave.
Perfect number (Arith.), A number equal to the sum of all its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors, are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1. See Abundant number, under Abundant. -- Brande & C.
Perfect tense (Gram.), A tense which expresses an act or state completed; also called the perfective tense.
Syn: Finished; consummate; complete; entire; faultless; blameless; unblemished.
Perfect (n.) The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
Perfected (imp. & p. p.) of Perfect.
Perfecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perfect.
Perfect (a.) To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.
God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us. -- 1 John iv. 12.
Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, . . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct species. -- Locke.
Perfecting press (Print.), A press in which the printing on both sides of the paper is completed in one passage through the machine.
Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate. Perfectibility
Perfect (a.) Being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day" [ant: imperfect].
Perfect (a.) Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated].
Perfect (a.) Precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing."
Perfect (n.) A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) [syn: perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense].
Perfect (v.) Make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!" [syn: perfect, hone].
Perfect. () Something complete.
Perfect. () This term is applied to obligations in order to distinguish those which may be enforced by law, which are called perfect, from those which cannot be so enforced, which are said to be imperfect. Vide Imperfect; Obligations.
Perfecter (n.) One who, or that which, makes perfect. "The . . . perfecter of our faith." -- Barrow.
Perfecter (n.) A skilled worker who perfects something; "although not the inventor he must be recognized as the perfecter of this technique."
Perfectibilian (n.) A perfectionist. [R.] -- Ed. Rev.
Perfectibilist (n.) A perfectionist. See also Illuminati, 2. [R.]
Perfectability, Perfectibility (n.) The capability of becoming perfect; as, he believes in the ultimate perfectability of man; -- usually spelled perfectibility.
Perfectibility (n.) The quality or state of being perfectible.
Perfectibility (n.) The capability of becoming perfect; "he believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man" [ant: imperfectibility].
Perfectible (a.) Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.
Perfection (n.) The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection.
Perfection (n.) A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence. -- Shak.
What tongue can her perfections tell? -- Sir P. Sidney.
To perfection, In the highest degree of excellence; perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection.
Perfection (v. t.) To perfect. [Obs.] -- Foote.
Perfection (n.) The state of being without a flaw or defect [syn: perfection, flawlessness, ne plus ultra] [ant: imperfection, imperfectness].
Perfection (n.) An ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept [syn: paragon, idol, perfection, beau ideal].
Perfection (n.) The act of making something perfect.
Perfection, () See SANCTIFICATION.
Perfection, (n.) An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.
The editor of an English magazine having received a letter pointing out the erroneous nature of his views and style, and signed "Perfection," promptly wrote at the foot of the letter: "I don't agree with you," and mailed it to Matthew Arnold.
Perfectional (a.) Of or pertaining to perfection; characterized by perfection. [R.] -- Bp. Pearson.
Perfectionate (v. t.) To perfect. -- Dryden.
Perfectionism (n.) The doctrine of the Perfectionists.
Perfectionism (n.) A personal attitude which demands perfection in the results of actions.
Perfectionism (n.) A disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable; "his perfectionism seemed excessive to his students."
Perfectionist (n.) One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life. -- South.
Perfectionist (n.) A person who insists on perfect results from himself or from others, in any endeavor.
Perfectionist (n.) A person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards.
Perfectionment (n.) The act of bringing to perfection, or the state of having attained to perfection. [R.] -- I. Taylor.
Perfective (a.) Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of. "A perfective alteration." -- Fuller.
Actions perfective of their natures. -- Ray.
Perfective (a.) (Gram.) Denoting an aspect of verbs which indicates completion of an action, and is sometimes explicitly marked in verbal inflection, as in the Russian language; as, the perfective form of a verb. The use of a perfective form rather than the simple past indicates reference to a completed event, rather than to a process that took place in the past.
Perfective (n.) (Gram.) The perfective case or aspect.
Perfective (n.) (Gram.) A verb in the perfective case or aspect.
Perfective (n.) A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) [syn: perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tense].
Perfective (n.) The aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action [syn: perfective, perfective aspect].
Perfectively (adv.) In a perfective manner.
Perfectly (adv.) In a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection; completely; wholly; throughly; faultlessly. "Perfectly divine." -- Milton.
As many as touched were made perfectly whole. -- Matt. xiv. 36.
Perfectly (adv.) Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right" [syn: absolutely, perfectly, utterly, dead].
Perfectly (adv.) In a perfect or faultless way; "She performed perfectly on the balance beam"; "spoke English perfectly"; "solved the problem perfectly" [ant: amiss, imperfectly].
Perfectness (n.) The quality or state of being perfect; perfection. "Charity, which is the bond of perfectness." -- Col. iii. 14.
Perfervid (a.) Very fervid; too fervid; glowing. ardent.
Perfervid (a.) Characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid].
Perfervid (a.) Ardent; impassioned; marked by exaggerated or overwrought emotion. Perfervid is from Latin per-, "through, thoroughly" + fervidus, "boiling," from fervere, "to boil."
Perficient (a.) Making or doing throughly; efficient; effectual. [R.] -- Blackstone.
Perficient (n.) One who performs or perfects a work; especially, one who endows a charity. [R.]
Perfidious (a.) Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend. -- Shak.
Perfidious
(a.)
Involving, or characterized by, perfidy. "Involved in this perfidious
fraud." -- Milton.
Perfidious (a.) Tending to betray; especially having a
treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans;
"Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest
and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues" [syn:
punic, perfidious, treacherous].
Perfidious (a.) (Literary) 背信棄義的；不忠貞的 Unable to be trusted, or showing no loyalty.
// She described the new criminal bill as a perfidious attack on democracy.
Perfidiously (adv.) In a perfidious manner.
Perfidiously (adv.) In a perfidious manner; "he was playing perfidiously one side against the other."
Perfidiousness (n.) The quality of being perfidious; perfidy. -- Clarendon.
Perfidiousness (n.) Betrayal of a trust [syn: perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery].
Perfidies (n. pl. ) of Perfidy.
Perfidy (n.) 不誠實；背信棄義 The act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust reposed; faithlessness; treachery.
The ambition and perfidy of tyrants. -- Macaulay.
His perfidy to this sacred engagement. -- DeQuincey.
Perfidy (n.) Betrayal of a trust [syn: perfidy, perfidiousness, treachery].
Perfidy (n.) An act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal, treason, perfidy].
Perfit (a.) Perfect. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Perfix (v. t.) To fix surely; to appoint. [Obs.]
Perflable (a.) Capable of being blown through. [Obs.]
Perflate (v. t.) To blow through. [Obs.] -- Harvey.
Perflation (n.) The act of perflating. [Obs.] -- Woodward.
Perfoliate (a.) (Bot.) 【植】莖穿葉而生長的；貫穿性的 Having the basal part produced around the stem; -- said of leaves which the stem apparently passes directory through.
Perfoliate (a.) (Zool.) 【動】（昆蟲）具葉片的 Surrounded by a circle of hairs, or projections of any kind.
Perfoliate (a.) (Of a leaf) Having the base united around (and apparently pierced by) the stem.
Perfoliate (a.) (Botany) Pertaining to the form of a leaf having its base united around the stem.
Perfoliate (a.) (Invertebrate zoology) Pertaining to the form of certain insect antennae having the terminal joints expended and flattened to form plates which encircle the stalk.
Perforata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of corals including those that have a porous texture, as Porites and Madrepora; -- opposed to Aporosa.
Perforata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Foraminifera, including those having perforated shells.
Compare: Aporosa
Aporosa (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.
Perforated (imp. & p. p.) of Perforate.
Perforating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perforate.
Perforate (v. t.) 穿孔於，打眼於；在……上打齒孔（或孔眼線） To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of. -- Bacon. Perforate
Perforate (a.) 有孔的；穿孔的 Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes.
Compare: Pervious
Pervious (a.) [(+to)] 能被通過（或穿過，透過）的；（對建議等）能接受的 Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil.
[Doors] . . . pervious to winds, and open every way. -- Pope.
Pervious (a.) Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision. [R.]
God, whose secrets are pervious to no eye. -- Jer. Taylor.
Pervious (a.) Capable of penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] -- Prior.
Pervious (a.) (Zool.) Open; -- used synonymously with {perforate}, as applied to the nostrils or birds.
Pervious (a.) Admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat" [ant: {imperviable}, {impervious}].
Perforate (a.) Having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" [syn: {pierced}, {perforated}, {perforate}, {punctured}].
Perforate (v. i.) 穿孔；穿過；貫穿；刺穿 [（+into/ through） Make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; "perforate the sheets of paper" [syn: {punch}, {perforate}].
Perforate (v.) Pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance; "The bullet penetrated her chest" [syn: {penetrate}, {perforate}].
Perforate (a.) Alt. of Perforated.
Perforated (a.) Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes.
Perforated (a.) 1: Having a hole cut through; "pierced ears"; "a perforated eardrum"; "a punctured balloon" [syn: pierced, perforated, perforate, punctured].
Perforated (a.) Having a number or series of holes; "a perforated steel plate"; "perforated cancellation"; "perforated stamp."
Perforation (n.) 穿孔；貫穿；針孔；齒孔 The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. -- Bacon.
Perforation (n.) A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture. "Slender perforations." -- Sir T. Browne.
Perforation (n.) A line of small holes for tearing at a particular place.
Perforation (n.) A hole made in something; "a perforation of the eardrum."
Perforation (n.) The act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation).
Perforation (n.) A small hole or series of small holes in paper, cardboard, etc.
Perforation (n.) Medical : A hole in part of the body caused by an accident or disease.
Perforation (n.) The act or process of perforating.
Perforation (n.) A hole or pattern made by or as if by piercing or boring.
Perforation (n.) One of the series of holes (as between rows of postage stamps) in a sheet that serve as an aid in separation.
Perforative (a.) 穿孔的；貫穿的；有穿孔力的 Having power to perforate or pierce.
Perforator (n.) 穿孔氣；剪票鋏；穿孔（或打眼）的人 One who, or that which, perforates; esp., a cephalotome.
Compare: Cephalotome
Cephalotome (n.) 胎頭刀 Instrument formerly used for cutting into the fetal head to permit its compression in cases of dystocia.
Compare: Dystocia
Dystocia (n.) [Mass noun] [Veterinary Medicine] 【醫】難產 Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
‘The incidence of dystocia or difficult calvings.’
Compare: Veterinary
Veterinary (a.) 獸醫的 Relating to the diseases, injuries, and treatment of farm and domestic animals.
‘A veterinary nurse.’
Veterinary (a.) Of, relating to, practicing, or being the science and art of prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease and injury in animals and especially domestic animals.
Veterinary (n.) 【美】獸醫 Veterinarian.
Veterinary (a.) Relating to the medical care and treatment of animals.
Veterinary (a.) Of, relating to, specializing in, or being the medical care of animals.
// A veterinary surgeon.
Compare: Domestic animal
Domestic animal (n.) [C] 寵物；家養動物，家畜 An animal that is not wild and is kept as a pet or to produce food.
Perforce (adv.) 必須；一定；必然 By force; of necessary; at any rate. -- Shak.
Perforce (v. t.) To force; to compel. [Obs.]
Perforce (adv.) By necessity; by force of circumstance.
Performed (imp. & p. p.) of Perform.
Performing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Perform.
Perform (v. t.) 履行；執行；完成；做；演出，表演，演奏 To carry through; to bring to completion; to achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do.
I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me. -- Ps. lvii. 2.
Great force to perform what they did attempt. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Perform (v. t.) To discharge; to fulfill; to act up to; as, to perform a duty; to perform a promise or a vow.
To perform your father's will. -- Shak.
Perform (v. t.) To represent; to act; to play; as in drama.
Perform a part thou hast not done before. -- Shak.
Syn: To accomplish; do; act; transact; achieve; execute; discharge; fulfill; effect; complete; consummate. See {Accomplish}.
Perform (v. i.) 演出，表演，演奏 [（+on/ at）]；（機器）運轉；（人）行動，表現 [Q] To do, execute, or accomplish something; to acquit one's self in any business; esp., to represent sometimes by action; to act a part; to play on a musical instrument; as, the players perform poorly; the musician performs on the organ.
Perform (v.) Carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" [syn: {perform}, {execute}, {do}].
Perform (v.) Perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"
Perform (v.) Give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera."
Perform (v.) Get (something) done; "I did my job" [syn: {do}, {perform}].
PERFORM, () A COBOL statement used for executing "paragraphs."
[What's a paragraph?]
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Performable (a.) 可執行的；可完成的 Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable.
Performance (n.) 演出；演奏；表演 [C]；履行；實行；完成 [U] [（+of）] The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty.
Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. -- Paley.