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adjective

Complete adj.

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate. "Complete perfections." "Ye are complete in him." "That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon."

Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete. "This course of vanity almost complete."

(Bot.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.

Synonyms: See Whole.

verb

Complete v. t. (past & past part. completed; pres. part. 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." "And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate."

Synonyms: To perform; execute; terminate; conclude; finish; end; fill up; achieve; realize; effect; consummate; accomplish; effectuate; fulfill; bring to pass.

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... the most complete character that could be imagined. Those who came there so bent upon vengeance were thoroughly convinced of the necessity of extreme caution, to save themselves even ...

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... substantial difference between the two great parties in respect to that national policy. No issue was fought out on this line before the American electorate. Today it is abundantly evident that American citizens everywhere are demanding and supporting speedy and complete action in recognition ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt • Franklin D. Roosevelt

... case, i.e., if reinforcements could not be spared, but in that case only, it would be necessary to contract my line. This welcome news of 47,000 reinforcements, however, alters the whole situation. Such a number will do much to complete my diminished cadres, and should materially lessen sick rate by giving more chance of taking tired troops out of the trenches. Byng can certainly remain where he is at present, and will even be able to rest some of the tired XXIXth Division, while the arrival ...

— Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 • Ian Hamilton

... dinner—which had been cooked with bits of wood which Betsey had picked up here and there—was ready, Asaph walked into the front yard of his sister's house attired in a complete suit of new clothes, thick and substantial in texture, pepper-and-salt in color, and as long in the legs and arms as the most fastidious could desire. He had on a new shirt and a clean collar, with a handsome black silk cravat tied in a great bow; and a new felt ...

— A Chosen Few - Short Stories • Frank R. Stockton

... eyes wandered to a fifth Carthaginian, who seemed to complete the tale of guests of that nationality. Her informant had passed him by in silence, and had gone on to point out Jubellius Taurea, Pacuvius Calavius, and his son, Perolla—the only Campanians present besides the hosts of the occasion. When the ...

— The Lion's Brood • Duffield Osborne

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