perficient
Americanadjective
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Archaic. accomplishing or achieving something; actually and fully effective.
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a misspelling of proficient.
Etymology
Origin of perficient
First recorded in 1640–50, for an earlier sense; from Latin perficient-, stem of perficiēns, equivalent to per per- ( def. ) + fic-, combining form of facere “to make, do” + -ent -ent ( def. ); efficient ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Mr. Merchant, who is 40 and works remotely from Charlotte, is a director of Perficient, an information technology and management consulting firm based in St. Louis.
From New York Times
Truth: Just because the public cloud is publicly accessible does not mean that your infrastructure is available to the public Internet, according to JP Morgenthal, a director with Perficient Perficient.
From Forbes
In September, the St. Louis, Missouri-based Perficient announced its plans for a software development center and will hire 50 employees by the end of 2015.
From Washington Times
Perficient plans to launch its operation before the end of 2014.
From Washington Times
Perficient, pėr-fish′ent, adj. effectual.—n. one who does a lasting work, esp. who endows a charity.
From Project Gutenberg
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