complete
Definitions
General English
- verb to finish something
- verb to fill in a form
Accounting
- verb to sign a contract for the sale of a property and to exchange it with the other party, so making it legal
Aviation
- adjective containing all the parts it should contain
- verb to finish or make whole
- verb to fill in information
Wine
- used to describe a mature wine that provides good follow-through and aftertaste
Origin & History of “complete”
Complete first reached English as an adjective, either via Old French complet or direct from Latin complētus. this was the past participle of complēre ‘fill up, finish’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and plēre ‘fill’, a word related to Latin plēnus ‘full’ (whence plenary, plenitude, plenty, etc) and indeed to English full.
The verb complēre itself came into Old French as the now obsolete complir (complete as a verb is a later formation from the adjective), and was prefixed with a- to produce accomplir. From its stem accompliss- English got accomplish (14th c.).
The verb complēre itself came into Old French as the now obsolete complir (complete as a verb is a later formation from the adjective), and was prefixed with a- to produce accomplir. From its stem accompliss- English got accomplish (14th c.).
