"entire" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\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.

         That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
                                               --James i. 4.

         With strength entire and free will armed. --Milton.

         One entire and perfect chrysolite.    --Shak.

2. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally
   whole; pure; faithful.

         Pure fear and entire cowardice.       --Shak.

         No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
                                               --Clarendon.

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.

4. Not gelded; -- said of a horse.

5. Internal; interior. [Obs.] --Spenser.

Syn: See {Whole}, and {Radical}.

\En*tire"\, n.
1. Entirely. ``Too long to print in entire.'' --Thackeray.

2. (Brewing) A name originally given to a kind of beer
   combining qualities of different kinds of beer. [Eng.]
   ``Foker's Entire.'' --Thackeray.