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entire

Webster 1828

ENTI'RE, adjective [Latin 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