complect

[ kuhm-plekt ]

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verb (used with object)Obsolete.

to interweave; intertwine.

Origin of complect

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

Words Nearby complect

complaint
complaisance
complaisant
complanate
compleat
complect
complected
complection
complement
complemental
complementarity

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British Dictionary definitions for complect

complect

/ (kəmˈplɛkt) /

verb

(tr) archaic to interweave or entwine

Origin of complect

C16: from Latin complectī; see complex

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