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Definition of Complecting
1. complect [v] - See also: complect
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complecting
Literary usage of Complecting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Miscellany of the New Spalding Club by Alexander Macdonald Munro, David Littlejohn, Alexander Emslie Smith (1908)
"Therfore (and for the further complecting of the said work and ... appointed yearly
for overseeing the said work, complecting thereof, ..."
2. Travels in North-America, in the Years 1780, 1781, and 1782 by François Jean Chastellux, George Grieve (1787)
"... and they lofe no time in complecting the great object, the population of the
country. TRANSLATOR. t Mrs. Carter is the daughter of General ..."
3. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"Ah gods, would I unfold her arms complecting of my neck ? 0r would I hurt her
nimble hand, or yield her such a check ? „ ^ l Would I gainsay her tender skin ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1791)
"... that two days wouid have been fully fuf« mon ; and, as the .rogues ot workmen
go ficient for complecting the work; ac. How, a wonder, came young ..."
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