complectv.
/kəmˈplɛkt/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [verb (transitive)]
clipc950
freeOE
beclipc1000
windc1175
fang?c1200
yokec1275
umgripea1300
to take in (also into, on) one's armsc1300
umbefold14..
collc1320
lapc1350
bracec1375
embracec1386
clapa1400
folda1400
halsea1400
umbeclapa1400
accollc1400
fathomc1400
halchc1400
haspc1400
hoderc1440
plighta1450
plet?a1500
cuddlec1520
complect1523
umbfoldc1540
clasp1549
culla1564
cully1576
huggle1583
embosom1590
wrap1594
collya1600
cling1607
bosom1608
grasp1609
comply1648
huddlea1650
smuggle1679
inarm1713
snuggle1775
cwtch1965
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > incorporate or include [verb (transitive)]
beclipc1230
beshut1340
contain1340
comprehendc1374
continue1377
begripe1393
close1393
incorpor1398
conceive?c1400
includec1475
engrossa1500
complect1523
conclude?1523
employ1528
to take in1534
retain1577
surmise1578
imprehend1590
immerse1605
comprise1651
involve1651
complexa1657
embrace1697
incorporate1824
embody1847
cover1868
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > surround closely or tightly
clipc825
fathomOE
windc1175
truss1340
embracec1360
bindc1384
clasp1447
complect1523
circumplect1578
embrace1578
enclasp1596
entwist1600
beclasp1608
chaina1616
inclipa1616
corsleta1625
circumplex1632
enlace1633
entwine1633
comply1648
throttle1863
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. Pref. 1 As the celestyall bodyes aboue complecte all and at euery tyme the vniuersall worlde.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. Pref. 2 Hystorie..representyng the actes, gestes, and dedes done, complecteth all profyte.
1575 R. B. Apius & Virginia sig. Diijv Then tender armes complect the neck.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Oo2v Mace..is a thin membrane..which covers and complects the Nutmeg.
2. To weave or connect together; to interweave.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (transitive)]
wind971
braidc1000
writheOE
biwevec1300
enlacec1374
winda1387
tracec1400
bredec1440
knit1470
embraid1481
interlace1523
entrail?1530
wreathea1547
beknit1565
twist1565
wand1572
embroid1573
mat1577
complect1578
intertex1578
inweave1578
lace1579
plight1589
entwine1597
bewreath1598
interweave1598
implicate1610
twine1612
complicatea1631
implex1635
intertwine1641
plash1653
enwreathe1667
raddle1671
intertwist1797
pleach1830
impleach1865
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > connect [verb (transitive)]
yokea1400
engluec1430
entacha1500
connect1537
colligate1545
connex1547
commit1560
complect1578
copulate1669
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 34v The Ligament..complectyng together the legge and Fibula.
1830 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. Nov. 415/2 Each atom is ‘chained’ and complected with all!
1881 Mod. Rev. Jan. 160 His art aims were complected with his personal objects.
Derivatives
comˈplected adj.1 interwoven, complicated. (Affected by Carlyle.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [adjective] > intertwined or interwoven
writhenOE
twinedc1300
locked1488
wreathena1500
plait1529
implicatec1540
context?1541
twisted1548
weaved1552
wreathed?1552
texed1572
well-woven1578
woven1590
interlaced1593
entrailed1599
entest1608
implicit1608
folden1612
inextricate?1615
intertissueda1616
complicatea1626
enwreathed1631
interwoven1642
inwoven1667
intertwineda1680
plectilea1682
well-wove1690
implicated1761
osiered1820
inwrought1824
complected1828
impleached1829
internetted1849
enlaced1851
threaded1853
interknit1885
interwrought1895
pleached1896
interweaved1898
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > [adjective] > closely, intimately, or permanently joined > fitting closely together > interlocked or interlocking
locked1488
complected1828
interlocked1854
interlocking1854
1828 T. Carlyle Life Werner in Misc. (1888) I. 118 A misshapen, lumbering, complected coil.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. viii. 18/1 Infinitely complected tissues, of Meditation.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. iii. 40/1 The..infinitely complected departments of social business.
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