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complect

American  
[kuhm-plekt] / kəmˈplɛkt /

verb (used with object)

Obsolete.

  1. to interweave; intertwine.

complect British  
/ kəmˈplɛkt /

verb

  1. archaic (tr) to interweave or entwine

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Etymology

Origin of complect

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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Anticipatory past participle of the verb "to complect."

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