to perfection

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to perfection - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Perfection \Per*fec"tion\, n. [F. perfection, L. perfectio.]
     1. 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.
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     2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent;
        an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute
        of complete excellence. --Shak.
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              What tongue can her perfections tell? --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence;
        perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection.
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to perfection - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  to perfection
      adv 1: in every detail; "the new house suited them to a T" [syn:
             to a T, to the letter, just right, to perfection]