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explete

explete adjective: complete, perfect.

Adjective

explete (comparative more explete, superlative most explete)

  1. (completive, obsolete, perfect) Complete, perfect

Forms of explete

comparativemore explete
superlativemost explete

Origin of explete

Learned borrowing from Latin expletus (“completed”).

Questions about explete

What does explete mean?
Explete means complete, perfect.
What part of speech is explete?
Explete is an adjective.

Words near explete in the dictionary

  1. explement
  2. explemental
  3. explementary
  4. explementary angles
  5. explements
  6. explete
  7. expletion
  8. expletive
  9. expletive deleted
  10. expletive deleteds
  11. expletive infixation

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