Hypertext Webster Gateway: "entire"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Entire \En*tire"\, 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.
That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
--James i. 4.
With strength entire and free will armed. --Milton.
One entire and perfect chrysolite. --Shak.
2. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally
whole; pure; faithful.
Pure fear and entire cowardice. --Shak.
No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
--Clarendon.
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.
4. Not gelded; -- said of a horse.
5. Internal; interior. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Syn: See {Whole}, and {Radical}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Entire \En*tire"\, n.
1. Entirely. ``Too long to print in entire.'' --Thackeray.
2. (Brewing) A name originally given to a kind of beer
combining qualities of different kinds of beer. [Eng.]
``Foker's Entire.'' --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
entire
adj 1: constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an
entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full
attention"; "a total failure" [syn: {full}, {total}]
2: constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing
essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth
bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection
entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union
intact" [syn: {integral}, {intact}]
3: (of leaves or petals) having a smooth edge; not broken up
into teeth or lobes
4: (used of domestic animals) sexually competent; "an entire
horse" [syn: {intact}]
n : uncastrated adult male horse [syn: {stallion}]
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