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Old 06-09-2008, 11:40 PM   #6
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"Perfect" comes from the latin perficere, "to do completely, to finish, to complete." The idea that "perfect" means "flawless" is a later expansion of the idea that something is finished.

Translators apparently use the word "perfect" with its archaic meaning in mind.
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