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complected

complected is the simple past and past participle of complect.

Meaning of complect

Verb

complect (third-person singular simple present complects, present participle complecting, simple past and past participle complected)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To join by weaving.
    Synonyms:
    interweave
  2. (archaic, transitive) To embrace.

Adjective

complected (not comparable)

  1. (US, in-compounds) Having a specified complexion; complexioned.
    • light-complected
    • I remember him as a tall, coffee-complected black man, with an extra-ordinarily delicate voice1986, Samuel R. Delany, Joseph Beam, “The Possibility of Possibilities”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 203

Questions about complected

What does complected mean?
Complected means having a specified complexion; complexioned.
What is complected the simple past and past participle of?
Complected is the simple past and past participle of complect.
What part of speech is complected?
Complected is an adjective.

Words near complected in the dictionary

  1. compleating
  2. compleatly
  3. compleatness
  4. compleats
  5. complect
  6. complected
  7. complecting
  8. complection
  9. complectional
  10. complections
  11. complects

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