complect

com·plect
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verb

To join by weaving.

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interweaveentwineinterconnectinterlink
OriginLatin complectī →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

verbcomplect (third-person singular simple present complects, present participle complecting, simple past and past participle complected)

present singular third person complects · participle present complecting · participle past complected · past complected

  1. archaictransitiveTo join by weaving.

    Synonyms: interweave

  2. archaictransitiveTo embrace.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo join by weaving.

Similar
interweave
Similar
entwineinterconnectinterlink

More synonyms by meaning

verbbe interwoven or interconnected

Similar
interconnectinterlink
Broader
connectlinklink up
Also see
cwtchembraceinterconnectinterlink

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincomplectī“to entwine, encircle, compass, infold”
  2. Englishcomplect

From Latin complectī (“to entwine, encircle, compass, infold”), from com- (“together”) and plectere (“to weave, braid”). See complex.

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APA

complect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complect

MLA

“complect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “complect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/complect.

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