complect

English

Etymology

From Latin complectī (“to entwine, encircle, compass, infold”), from com- (“together”) and plectere (“to weave, braid”). See complex.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: com‧plect

Verb

complect (third-person singular simple present complects, present participle complecting, simple past and past participle complected)

1. (archaic, transitive) To join by weaving.
2. (archaic, transitive) To embrace.

Synonyms

• (archaic: to join by weaving): interweave, entwine, interconnect, interlink

Derived terms

• complected (woven together, interwoven)

See also

• intercommunicate
• join
• tangle

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “complect”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Romanian

Adverb

complect

1. nonstandard form of complet

Adjective

complect m or n (feminine singular complectă, masculine plural complecți, feminine/neuter plural complecte)

1. nonstandard form of complet

Declension

Declension of complect

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	complect		complectă		complecți	complecte
	definite	complectul		complecta		complecții	complectele
genitive- dative	indefinite	complect		complecte		complecți	complecte
	definite	complectului		complectei		complecților	complectelor