dictionary definitions for "entire"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
                                                    --James i. 4.
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              With strength entire and free will armed. --Milton.
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              One entire and perfect chrysolite.    --Shak.
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     2. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally
        whole; pure; faithful.
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              Pure fear and entire cowardice.       --Shak.
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              No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
                                                    --Clarendon.
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     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.
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     4. Not gelded; -- said of a horse.
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     5. Internal; interior. [Obs.] --Spenser.
  
     Syn: See Whole, and Radical.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Entire \En*tire"\, n.
     1. Entirely. "Too long to print in entire." --Thackeray.
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     2. (Brewing) A name originally given to a kind of beer
        combining qualities of different kinds of beer. [Eng.]
        "Foker's Entire." --Thackeray.
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