ENTI'RE, a. [L. integer, said to be in neg. and tango, to touch.] 1. Whole; undivided; unbroken; complete in its parts.2. Whole; complete; not participated with others. This man has the entire control of the business.3. Full; complete; comprising all requisites in itself.An action is entire, when it is complete in all its parts.4. Sincere; hearty.He run a course more entire with the king of Arragon.5. Firm; solid; sure; fixed; complete; undisputed.Entire and sure the monarch's rule must prove,Who founds her greatness on her subjects' love.6. Unmingled; unalloyed.In thy presence joy entire.7. Wholly devoted; firmly adherent; faithful.No man had a heart more entire to the king.8. In full strength; unbroken.9. In botany, an entire stem is one without branches; an entire leaf is without any opening in the edge, not divided.
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