compleat
pronunciation
How to pronounce compleat in British English:
UK [kəm'pli:t]
How to pronounce compleat in American English:
US [kəm'plit]
Word Origin
- compleat (adj.)
- archaic spelling of complete (adj.).
Example
- 1. Compleat co-ordination of environmental and legal requirements for industrial plants .
- 2. ' And take the compleat fortune-teller to the outhouse , ' joan continued , rapidly wiping her hands , and donning the garments .
- 3. Ethnobotany ; compleat botanica ; traditional plant uses ; historical plant uses ; plant lore ; plant pictures .
- 4. He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death , desolation and tyranny , already begun with circumstances of cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages , and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation .