GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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    Entire , a. [F. entier, L. integer untouched, undiminished, entire; pref. in-, negative + the root of tangere to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Integer.]
    1. Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance.
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      That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
      James i. 4.

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      With strength entire and free will armed.
      Milton.

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      One entire and perfect chrysolite.
      Shak.

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    2. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally whole; pure; faithful.
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      Pure fear and entire cowardice.
      Shak.

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      No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
      Clarendon.

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    3. (Bot.) (a) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla. (b) Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth.
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    4. Not gelded; -- said of a horse.
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    5. Internal; interior. [Obs.]
      Spenser.

      Syn. -- See Whole, and Radical.

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    Entire, n.
    1. Entirely. “Too long to print in entire.”
      Thackeray.

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    2. (Brewing) A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer. [Eng.] “Foker's Entire.”
      Thackeray.

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