entire



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Entire \En*tire"\, a. [F. entier, L. integer untouched,
   undiminished, entire; pref. in-, negative + the root of
   tangere to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Integer.]
   1. Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole;
      full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of
      a business; entire confidence, ignorance.
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            That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
                                                  --James i. 4.
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            With strength entire and free will armed. --Milton.
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            One entire and perfect chrysolite.    --Shak.
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   2. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally
      whole; pure; faithful.
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            Pure fear and entire cowardice.       --Shak.
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            No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
                                                  --Clarendon.
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   3. (Bot.)
      (a) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
      (b) Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has
          no kind of teeth.
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   4. Not gelded; -- said of a horse.
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   5. Internal; interior. [Obs.] --Spenser.

   Syn: See Whole, and Radical.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:


Entire \En*tire"\, n.
   1. Entirely. "Too long to print in entire." --Thackeray.
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   2. (Brewing) A name originally given to a kind of beer
      combining qualities of different kinds of beer. [Eng.]
      "Foker's Entire." --Thackeray.
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