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Webster 1913 Edition

Entire

En-tire′

,
Adj.
[F.
entier
, L.
integer
untouched, undiminished, entire; pref.
in-
, negative + the root of
tangere
to touch. See
Tangent
, and cf.
Integer
.]
1.
Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient;
as, the
entire
control of a business;
entire
confidence, ignorance.
That ye may be perfect and
entire
, wanting nothing.
James i. 4.
With strength
entire
and free will armed.
Milton.
One
entire
and perfect chrysolite.
Shakespeare
2.
Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
Pure fear and
entire
cowardice.
Shakespeare
No man had ever a heart more
entire
to the king.
Clarendon.
3.
(Bot.)
(a)
Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
(b)
Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth.
4.
Not gelded; – said of a horse.
Syn. – See
Whole
, and
Radical
.

En-tire′

,
Noun.
1.
Entirely.
“Too long to print in entire.”
Thackeray.
2.
(Brewing)
A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer.
[Eng.]
“Foker’s Entire.”
Thackeray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Entire

ENTI'RE

,
Adj.
[L. integer, said to be in neg. and tango, to touch.]
1.
Whole; undivided; unbroken; complete in its parts.
2.
Whole; complete; not participated with others. This man has the entire control of the business.
3.
Full; complete; comprising all requisites in itself.
An action is entire, when it is complete in all its parts.
4.
Sincere; hearty.
He run a course more entire with the king of Arragon.
5.
Firm; solid; sure; fixed; complete; undisputed.
Entire and sure the monarch's rule must prove,
Who founds her greatness on her subjects' love.
6.
Unmingled; unalloyed.
In thy presence joy entire.
7.
Wholly devoted; firmly adherent; faithful.
No man had a heart more entire to the king.
8.
In full strength; unbroken.
9.
In botany, an entire stem is one without branches; an entire leaf is without any opening in the edge, not divided.

Definition 2024

entire

entire

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Adjective

entire ‎(not comparable)

  1. (sometimes postpositive) Whole; complete.
    We had the entire building to ourselves for the evening.‎
  2. (botany) Having a smooth margin without any indentation.
  3. (botany) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
  4. (complex analysis, of a complex function) Complex-differentiable on all of ℂ.
  5. (of a male animal) Not gelded.
  6. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
    • William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
      pure fear and entire cowardice
    • Clarendon
      No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
  7. Internal; interior.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

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Noun

entire ‎(plural entires)

  1. An uncastrated horse; a stallion.
    • 2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love (Canongate 2006, p. 124)
      He asked why Hijaz was an entire. You know what an entire is, do you not, Anna? A stallion which has not been castrated.
  2. (philately) A complete envelope with stamps and all official markings: (prior to the use of envelopes) a page folded and posted.

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Etymology

From Middle English entere, enter, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman entier, from Latin integrum, accusative of integer, from in- ‎(“not”) + tangō ‎(“touch”).

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