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▪ I. † exˈplete, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 6 expleat.
[ad. L. explēt-us, pa. pple. of explēre: see next.]
Filled up, completed; complete, perfect.
1534Hildebrand (W. de W.) A vj, The yere explete, the wydowe..tyed an haulter aboute her sonnes necke and [etc.]. 1570in Levins Manip. 1608Middleton Mad World v. ii, A very explete justice!
▪ II. † exˈplete, v. Obs.
Also 7 expleat.
[f. L. explēt- ppl. stem of explēre, f. ex- (see ex- prefix1) + plēre to fill. In some examples perh. a var. of exploit.]
1. trans. To fill out; to satiate, satisfy; to complete (a period of time).
c1430Lydg. Bochas v. vii. (1554) 128 a, Texplete their lust certaine. 1635Heywood Hierarch. iii. 167 The Great Yeare..some hold to be expleted in 36000 Solarie yeres. 1650Fuller Pisgah iv. vii. 123 Nothing under an Infinite, can expleat..the immortall minde of man. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 293* Wax..moderately expletes the body.
2. To do fully; to complete, accomplish.
1430Lydg. Chron. Troy Prol., This worke texplete that ye not refuse. 1529in Fiddes Wolsey ii. 171 Of such yers as was mete & hable to explete that act. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxi. §71 Being of yeeres able to explete the act. |
