n. [ L. athleta, Gr. &unr_; prizefighter, fr. &unr_; to contend for a prize, &unr_;, Hom. &unr_;, contest, &unr_; prize; fr. the same root as E. wed: cf. F. athlète. ] 1. (Antiq.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any fungus of the family Boletaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. provided with a chaplet; wearing a chaplet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Colletic. ] (Zool.) An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. completus, p. p. of complere to fill up; com- + plere to fill. See Full, a., and cf. Comply, Compline. ] 1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate. “Complete perfections.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye are complete in him. Col. ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel
Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete. [ 1913 Webster ]

This course of vanity almost complete. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.

Syn. -- See Whole. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Completed; p. pr. & vb. n. Completing. ] To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bred only and completed to the taste
Of lustful appetence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate. Pope.

Syn. -- To perform; execute; terminate; conclude; finish; end; fill up; achieve; realize; effect; consummate; accomplish; effectuate; fulfill; bring to pass. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. brought to a conclusion.
Syn. -- concluded, ended, over(predicate), all over, terminated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. successfully accomplished or achieved.
Syn. -- accomplished, effected, realized. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony; consummated; -- of a marriage. Opposite of unconsummated.
Syn. -- consummated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. (Football) caught in bounds by a player on the same side as the passer; -- said of a forward pass; as, Simms had six completed passes out of seven tries in the game.. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a complete manner; fully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of completing or perfecting; completion. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being complete. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Countre- + plete to plead. ] To counterplead. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., p. p. of décolleter to bare the neck and shoulders; dé- + collet collar, fr. L. collum neck. ] 1. Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wearing a décolleté gown. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deleting. ] [ L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st Dele. ] To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. Aytoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. dhlhth`rios, fr. dhlei^sqai to hurt, damage; prob. akin to L. delere to destroy. ] Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. deleterius: cf. F. délétère. ] Destructive; poisonous. [ Obs. ] “Deletery medicines.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which destroys. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ the Scriptures ] are the only deletery of heresies. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Depleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Depleting. ] [ From L. deplere to empty out; de- + plere to fill. Forined like replete, complete. See Fill, Full, a. ] 1. (Med.) To empty or unload, as the vessels of human system, by bloodletting or by medicine. Copland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc. Saturday Review. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. no longer sufficient; as, our funds are depleted.
Syn. -- low. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having resources completely depleted.
Syn. -- drained. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Wearing epaulets; decorated with epaulets. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exoletus, p. p. of exolescere to grow out, grow out of use; ex out + olescere to grow. ] Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Fleet, v. i. ] To float; to swim. [ Obs. ] “Whether I sink or flete.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Confined to a hamlet. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Written also hobbetyhoy, hobbarddehoy, hobbedehoy, hobdehoy. ] [ Cf. Prob. E. hobbledygee with a limping movement; also F. hobereau, a country squire, E. hobby, and OF. hoi to-day; perh. the orig. sense was, an upstart of to-day. ] A youth between boy and man; an awkward, gawky young fellow . [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All the men, boys, and hobbledehoys attached to the farm. Dickens. . [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A homilist.

a. [ L. incompletus: cf. F. incomplet. See In- not, and Complete. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective. [ 1913 Webster ]

A most imperfect and incomplete divine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incomplete equation (Alg.), an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an incomplete manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To let; to leave. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. p. p. of Lete. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. muletier, fr. mulet a mule, dim. fr. L. mulus. ] One who drives mules. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. obsoletus, p. p. of obsolescere. See Obsolescent. ] 1. No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ancient; antiquated; old-fashioned; antique; old; disused; neglected. See Ancient. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become obsolete; to go out of use. [ R. ] Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an obsolete manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being obsolete, or no longer used; a state of desuetude. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Indistinctness; want of development. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. oppletus, p. p. of opplere to fill up; ob (see Ob-) + plere to fill. ] Filled; crowded. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler. Dryden. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To write or publish pamphlets. [ 1913 Webster ]

By pamphleteering we shall not win. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. paracletus, Gr. para`klhtos, from parakalei^n to call to one, to exhort, encourage; para` beside + kalei^n to call. ] An advocate; one called to aid or support; hence, the Consoler, Comforter, or Intercessor; -- a term applied to the Holy Spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

From which intercession especially I conceive he hath the name of the Paraclete given him by Christ. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets. [ R. ] “This pelleted storm.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To plead. [ Obs. ] P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having a small, distinct point; apiculate. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr Pterocles, the typical genus, fr. Gr. &unr_; feather + &unr_;, &unr_;, a key, tongue of a clasp. ] (Zool.) A division of birds including the sand grouse. They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse. Called also Pteroclomorphæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. repletus, p. p. of replere to fill again, fill up; pref. re- re- + plere to fill, akin to plenus full: cf. F. replet corpulent. See Plenty, Replenish. ] Filled again; completely filled; full; charged; abounding. “His words replete with guile.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he of wine was replet at his feast. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

In heads replete with thoughts of other men. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fill completely, or to satiety. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being replete. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who tells tales or stories, especially in a mischievous or officious manner; a talebearer; a telltale; a tattler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a toothlet or toothlets; as, a toothleted leaf. [ Written also toothletted. ] [ 1913 Webster ]