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en·tire (en tīr′, in-)

adjective

    1. not lacking any of the parts; whole
    2. complete; thorough; absolute entire confidence
  2. unbroken; intact
  3. being wholly of one piece; undivided; continuous
  4. not castrated
  5. Obsolete not mixed or alloyed; pure
  6. Bot. having an unbroken margin, without notches or indentations, as some leaves

Etymology: ME enter < OFr entier < L integer, whole, untouched, undiminished: see integer

noun

  1. Now Rare the whole; entirety
  2. a stallion

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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