Definition of Compleat

1. Verb. (archaic) to finish; to make done; to reach the end. ¹

2. Verb. (archaic) to make whole or entire. ¹

3. Adjective. (archaic) with everything included; entire, total. ¹

4. Adjective. (archaic) quintessential. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Compleat

1. highly skilled [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Compleat

complaining(a)
complainingly
complains
complaint
complaintful
complaintive
complaints
complaisance
complaisances
complaisant
complaisantly
complaisantness
complaisaunce
complanadine
complanar
compleat (current term)
compleated
compleatest
compleating
compleatly
compleats
complect
complected
complecting
complection
complectional
complections
complects
complement
complement-fixation reaction

Literary usage of Compleat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Catalogue of Books by Sampson Low, Publishers' Circular, Sampson Low, Son and Marston (1901)
"84 Walton (I.)—compleat Angler. Facsimile reprint of the first edition, 1653. ... Contains a reprint (by permission) of the Chronicle of the compleat Angler ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"These titles were, ofcourse, modeled on Izaak Walton's The compleat Angler. Around the middle of the 20th century, compleat began to creep back into running ..."

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