explete

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adjective

Complete, perfect

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveexplete (comparative more explete, superlative most explete)

comparative more explete · superlative most explete

  1. completiveobsoleteperfectComplete, perfect

Origin

  1. Latinexpletus“completed”
  2. Englishexplete

Learned borrowing from Latin expletus (“completed”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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