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Webster 1913 Edition
Complete
Com-plete′
(kŏm-plēt′)
, Adj.
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
Revisit’st thus the glimpses of the moon.
complete
steelRevisit’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 educationBred only and
Of lustful appetence.
completed
to the tasteOf 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.