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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... on her forehead, which still showed, a red disfigurement, under the hair she had drawn across it. The sight of it, of her, began to excite in him a quick loathing. He was at bottom a man of violent passions, and, in the presence of evil-doing so flagrant, so cruel—of a household ruin so complete—his religion failed him. ...

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— The Age of the Reformation • Preserved Smith

... are built in quite a different way from ours. First of all a complete skeleton house is set up, made of wood, and, when this is finished, the spaces between the wooden structure are filled in with bricks and mortar. Before the roof is put on, a large green bush is hoisted up as far as the eaves, and there tied to the scaffolding poles. This ...

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