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Webster 1913 Edition


Complete

Com-plete′

(kŏm-plēt′)
,
Adj.
[L.
completus
, p. p. of
complere
to fill up;
com-
+
plere
to fill. See
Full
,
Adj.
, and cf.
Comply
,
Compline
.]
1.
Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
Complete perfections.”
Milton.
Ye are
complete
in him.
Col. ii. 10.
That thou, dead corse, again in
complete
steel
Revisit’st thus the glimpses of the moon.
Shakespeare
2.
Finished; ended; concluded; completed;
as, the edifice is
complete
.
This course of vanity almost
complete
.
Prior.
Syn. – See
Whole
.

Com-plete′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Completed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Completing
.]
To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish;
as, to
complete
a task, or a poem; to
complete
a course of education
.
Bred only and
completed
to the taste
Of lustful appetence.
Milton.
Syn. – To perform; execute; terminate; conclude; finish; end; fill up; achieve; realize; effect; consummate; accomplish; effectuate; fulfill; bring to pass.

Webster 1828 Edition


Complete

COMPLETE

, a.
1.
Having no deficiency; perfect.
And ye are complete in him who is the head of all principality and power. Col. 2.
2.
Finished; ended; concluded; as, the edifice is complete.
This course of vanity almost complete.
In strict propriety, this word admits of no comparison; for that which is complete, cannot be more or less so. But as the word, like many others, is used with some indefiniteness of signification, it is customary to qualify it with more, most, less and least. More complete, most complete, less complete, are common expressions.
3.
In botany, a complete flower is one furnished with a calyx and corolla. Vaillant. Or having all the parts of a flower.

COMPLETE

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To finish; to end; to perfect; as, to complete a bridge, or an edifice; to complete an education.
2.
To fill to accomplish; as, to complete hopes or desires.
3.
To fulfil; to accomplish; to perform; as, the prophecy of Daniel is completed.

Definition 2024


complète

complète

See also: complete, completé, and complété

French

Adjective

complète

  1. feminine singular of complet

Verb

complète

  1. first-person singular present indicative of compléter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of compléter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of compléter
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of compléter
  5. second-person singular imperative of compléter