Complect Definition

kəm-plĕkt
complects
verb
To join by weaving or twining together; interweave.
American Heritage

(archaic) To join by weaving.

The children complected the frayed edges of their pot holders to make a composite class project.
Wiktionary

(archaic) To embrace.

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Origin of Complect

  • From Latin complectÄ« (“to entwine, encircle, compass, infold"), from com- (“together") and plectere (“to weave, braid"). See complex.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin complectī to entwine com- com- plectere to plait plek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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