perficient

[per-fish-uhnt]

adjective

1. Archaic.,  accomplishing or achieving something; actually and fully effective.

2. a misspelling of proficient.

Word History and Origins

Origin of perficient¹

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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Perficient plans to launch its operation before the end of 2014.

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Perficient, pėr-fish′ent, adj. effectual.—n. one who does a lasting work, esp. who endows a charity.

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