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View synonyms for complect

complect

[ kuhm-plekt ]

verb (used with object)

, Obsolete.
  1. to interweave; intertwine.

complect

/ kəmˈplɛkt /

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to interweave or entwine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of complect1

1515–25; < Latin complectī to embrace, enfold, equivalent to com- com- + plect ( ere ) to plait, braid + -ī passive infinitive ending; complex
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Word History and Origins

Origin of complect1

C16: from Latin complectī; see complex

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