Complete Definition of "compleat"

English

Alternative spellings
complete

Verb
en-verb

  1. to finish; to make done; to reach the end.
  2. to make whole or entire.

Translations
See the compleat list at complete.

References
He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy unworthy the head of a civilized nation... -- 1776 CE, the w:Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence, written largely by w:Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson.

Adjective
compleat

  1. with everything included; entire, total.
  2. quintessential.

References
Here was the compleat modern misfit: the very air appeared to poison him;his every step looked treacherous and hard won [...] beneath an anarchy as much physiological as psychological. -- Stephen Schiff.

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section
See the compleat list at complete.

te:compleat
vi:compleat

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