单词 | entire |
释义 | entireadj.adv.n. A. adj. I. Whole, complete. 1. Whole; with no part excepted. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adjective] > complete or without exception entirea1400 catholic1664 impartiala1716 total1935 a1400 Symbols Passion 229 in Leg. Rood 196 To sen it a twelf-moneth ich day enter. a1400–50 Alexander 1261 To tell þair torfer in tere it wald tary me to lang. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. Prol. f. iii Of bothe landes the Cronycles entiere. a1535 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. (1557) 1337. 2 The very real thinges that is conteyned vnder both those fourmes, is one entiere bodye. 1618 Sir H. Carey in S. R. Gardiner Fortescue Papers (1871) 56 I have yourself to be my noble wittness for my intyre proceedeing. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 264 The Sun shall in mid Heav'n stand still A day entire . View more context for this quotation 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick p. iv The entire Creation was at peace with Man. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) II. xviii. 107 Destroys an intire colony, of which she would be the founder. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §7. 48 Sufficiently strong to bear the entire weight of the body. 2. a. Complete; constituting a whole; including all the essential parts. †In early use also, perfect, containing all that is desirable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] wholelOE entirec1430 integera1509 integral1611 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1544) i. i. 1 b Paradyse, a place most entiere. ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xxxv. sig. L j v You shall make one entier table of all, conteyning the number of myles, furlongs, etc. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 322/1 The Drill, the Drill Bow, and the Drill Plate, go all together as one entire Instrument. 1697 K. Chetwood Pref. to Pastorals in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. sig. ***** I do not design an entire Treatise in this Preface. 1804 Ann. Rev. 2 77/1 The occupier of what is called an entire farm. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets iii. 81 Phocylides says: In justice the whole of virtue exists entire. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [adjective] > qualities strengthful1584 shire1721 deadish1742 entire1742 foxed1743 maltless1828 quarred1871 cocktail1888 fretty1897 light-struck1908 skunked1970 cask-conditioned1975 1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 25 For intire small Beer, five or six Barrels off a Quarter. 1754 Connoisseur (1755) No. 15. 89 A publican..ventured an hogshead of intire butt on the candidate who serves him with beer. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker II. 15 Calvert's entire butt beer. 1802 J. Feltham Picture of London 249 Porter obtained its name about the year 1730..[it had previously been] the practice to call for a pint of three threads, meaning a third of ale, beer, and twopenny... A brewer of the name of Harwood conceived the idea of making a liquor which should partake of the united flavours of [all three]..calling it entire or entire butt. 1848 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 3) 181 And porter and stout, entire and brown. 3. a. Of a quality, state of feeling, condition, fact, or action: Realized in its full extent, thorough, complete, total. (entire affection, friendship, etc., may sometimes occur in this sense, but chiefly belong to the obsolete sense A. 10.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute shirea1225 purec1300 properc1380 plainc1395 cleana1400 fine?a1400 entirec1400 veryc1400 starka1425 utterc1430 utterlyc1440 merec1443 absolute1531 outright1532 cleara1535 bloodyc1540 unproachable1544 flat1553 downright1577 sheer1583 right-down?1586 single1590 peremptory1601 perfecta1616 downa1625 implicit1625 every way1628 blank1637 out-and-outa1642 errant1644 inaccessional1651 thorough-paced1651 even down1654 dead1660 double-dyed1667 through stitch1681 through-stitched1682 total1702 thoroughgoing1719 thorough-sped1730 regular1740 plumb1748 hollow1751 unextenuated1765 unmitigated1783 stick, stock, stone dead1796 positive1802 rank1809 heart-whole1823 skire1825 solid1830 fair1835 teetotal1840 bodacious1845 raw1856 literal1857 resounding1873 roaring1884 all out1893 fucking1893 pink1896 twenty-four carat1900 grand slam1915 stone1928 diabolical1933 fricking1937 righteous1940 fecking1952 raving1954 c1400 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 256 Than schalt þou sacrifice accepte Of riȝtwisnesse & treuþe entere. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) iv. xx. 64 I had ioye entier and eke gladnesse. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 587 Gods cures are like himselfe, perfect, intire, and absolute. 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 537 The Intire overthrow of this mighty..Host of the Midianites. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 111 That he might..present to his Majesty the entire peace, and restitution of his Family. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. p. vi I wish you intire Health and Happiness. 1755 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 141 Hell is nothing but an intire absence from Him. 1793 E. Burke Corr. (1844) IV. 186 If you did not give entire credit to my declarations. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. vi. 222 The statements of Scripture are in entire harmony with this representation. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 220 Granting entire liberty of conscience. 1879 R. K. Douglas Confucianism iii. 80 Entire sincerity is required of them who approach the altar. b. With agent-noun or noun descriptive of a person: That is thoroughly of the character described. †Also formerly as predicate: Thoroughly established in (an opinion, a resolve, knowledge, etc.); cf. French entier ‘qui maintient entières ses idées, ses volontés’ (Littré). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > utter or absolute > of a person or his character utterc1420 complete1526 entirea1533 throughout1532 in grain?1577 consummate1603 essential1604 perfecta1616 thorough1625 thorough-paceda1628 thoroughbred1701 throughgoing1830 through and through1831 thorough-souled1842 ingrained1851 ingrain1865 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. Gg All these mortall men ar so entier in their owne wylles. a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) lvii. 190 All such..as were most sound and entire in the Knowledge of the Truth. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion xi. 23 They did know her to be entire in her resolutions, and that she would not forsake them for any Remonstrances. 1657 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Politick Disc. 85 The Romans never laid down Arms but when they were entire Victors. 1891 N.E.D. at Entire Mod. He is an entire believer in Christianity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar > (of people) wholly devoted, intimate, or unreserved entirec1420 heartbounda1586 entired1635 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 279 Hym nil I undertake That is thi dere entere. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy i. v Thy doughter deare That was to the so passingly entere. 1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §38 It is best to bee curteous to all, entire with few. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities Ep. Ded. sig. a8v My most sincere and entire friend M. Lionel Cranfield. 1643 T. Horn & J. Robotham tr. J. A. Comenius Gate Lang. Unlocked (ed. 6) xciii. §909 Waiwardnesse estrangeth the entirest friends. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 89 It troubled him an hundred times more to be cast out from this (more entire) presence. a1718 W. Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 232 An entire and constant Friend. 4. a. Whole, unbroken, intact; not mutilated or decayed; undiminished in quantity or extent. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact yholec1000 wholeOE all wholec1175 hale1357 haila1400 intactc1450 undeflowereda1533 dintless1558 pure1607 undinteda1616 entirea1631 neat1715 a1631 J. Donne Paradoxes (1652) sig. E7v [A miser's treasure profits no one;] Yet it remains intire. 1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) iii. viii. 113 His body was found entire. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1666 (1955) III. 458 Nothing remaining intire but the Inscription in the Architrave. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. xxv. 124 Their Estates, which were all that time preserv'd entire to them. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. x. 102 The Portugueze capitulated to leave Ormuze, with all the Fortifications intire. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) iv. 130 In military garb, Though faded, yet entire. 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1828) IV. xxxvii. 19 The headless animal made the same movements as when intire. b. spec. Of male animals: Not castrated. [So in all Romanic languages.] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > of livestock > castrated > not castrated stoned1513 entire1799 1799 T. R. Malthus Diary 13 July (1966) 146 Entire horses are in general use here. 1837 R. Southey Doctor IV. 368 What the Spaniards..call a Caballo Padre; or what some of our own writers..appellate an Entire horse. 1876 G. J. Whyte-Melville Katerfelto vii. 78 The animal, though an entire horse..responded lovingly and gently to his caress. c. Of immaterial things: Unimpaired, undiminished. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > whole or intact > specifically of immaterial things wholelOE entire1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 136 But there continue still in their entire and as flourishing state as euer the city Hebata and Oruros. ?a1645 A. Stafford Just Apol. in Life Blessed Virgin (1860) p. xlix The first Principles of my Religion..I will preserve entyre. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 146 If he our Conquerour..Have left us this our spirit and strength intire . View more context for this quotation 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. i. 25 Apprehension, Memory, Reason, all entire. 1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. xvi. 219 When Christian principles were left entire. ΚΠ 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. v. 71 Yet that the offence committed against his father, was entire. a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1698) i. §iii. 11 So that the Question remains entire, as if he had never mentioned it. e. Of persons: With unimpaired strength, not fatigued or worn, fresh. [So Latin integer.] archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > capable of being wearied or exhausted > not weary or able to be wearied unwearyc893 unwearieda1240 wearilessc1430 long-breatheda1513 unfulyeit?a1513 unfouled1535 indefatigable1586 entire1590 untired1597 tireless1605 untirable1607 unwearyinga1614 unwappereda1625 undefatigable1630 unfatigued1705 unfaltering1727 unworn1759 unfatiguable1799 unfatiguing1808 undrooping1814 fatigueless1818 untiring1859 unflagging1860 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F5v Backe to fight againe, new breathed and entire. 1628 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Peloponnesian War (1822) 104 Won to the war when you were entire but repenting it upon the damage. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 291 Six hundred intire, beside two hundred sick and wounded. a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1872) 3rd Ser. i. 8 He is entire, powerful because he has not spent his strength. 5. a. Wholly of one piece; continuous throughout; one and undivided. Now only in scientific use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > unity or undividedness > [adjective] > undivided undividedc1412 individedc1430 entire1590 indivise1677 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vii. sig. G3 But all of Diamond perfect pure and cleene It framed was, one massy entire mould. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 152 One intire and perfect Crisolite. 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants (1692) i. ix. 46 Being but one Entire Interest throughout the World. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. i. 14 A Town on the East side of the River; which is here entire: for a little before..we met the main stream where it parts into the 2 Channels. a1701 H. Maundrell Acct. Journey from Aleppo in Journey to Jerusalem (1721) 4 Intire blocks of wood. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Archit. I. 42 a All Stone should be entire..you may know whether it is entire or crack'd. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 48 The chasm closed, and the ground became as entire, as the rest of the plain. 1817 W. Selwyn Abridgem. Law Nisi Prius (ed. 4) II. 860 If a man be imprisoned..on the 1st day of January, and kept in prison till the 1st day of February..the whole is one entire trespass. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 200 The first dorsal entire; while on the contrary the last rays of the second, as well as those of the anal which correspond to them, are detached. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. vi. §5. 245 The calyx or corolla when gamophyllous..is said to be..entire, when the union is complete to the summit or border. b. Of troops: Forming an unbroken body. Now only in technical phrase rank entire. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [adjective] > compact or solid entire1569 gross1579 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 505 The Duke of Bedford..made likewise an entier battayle. 1691 T. Spencer True Relation Proc. against French 5 They marched entire through the Body of the Country. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. iv. 126 The Squads should occasionally be formed rank entire. 1879 A. Forbes in Daily News 13 June 5/6 That the true tactic is to work in rank entire. c. In scientific use: Having an unbroken outline, without notches or indentations. Said, e.g. of leaves, shells, certain parts of animal bodies. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > without notches or indentations unnicked?c1480 unjagged1640 unnotched1741 unindented1750 entire1758 unsawed1786 linear1796 toothless1812 unserrated1840 1758 J. Milles in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 435 The leaves are intire, and come to a point at their base. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1847) II. 209 The gable ends..towards the street, some in the ordinary triangular form and entire as the botanists say. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 180 Last segment of the abdomen entire or notched. 1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 261 The entire blade of the Box tree. 1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iii. 45 The aperture is entire that is not notched or produced into a canal. d. Heraldry. Of a bearing, e.g. a cross: attached to the sides of the shield. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > cross > [adjective] > attached to sides of shield entire1688 firme1688 fixed1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. v. §31 A Cross Patee Entyre (or Fixed or Firme)..This term (Fixed, or Entyre) must be added, to shew that..they are joyned to the sides of the Escochion. 1825 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Bb 2/1 Entire, or Through out, sometimes called fixed and firm, being attached to the sides of the shield, as a cross pattée entire. 1873 S. T. Aveling Boutell's Heraldry 43 Crosses are sometimes borne entire, that is, they cover the whole field. 1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 61/1 Firme, a term used for a cross pattée, when it extends to each side of the shield; the same as a cross pattée throughout, or entire. 1969 J. Franklyn & J. Tanner Encycl. Dict. Heraldry 96/1 Cross-crosslet..when extended to the limits of the field..is not..‘anchored’..but is cross-crosslet ‘entire’. e. Skating. Of a movement: beginning and ending at the centre. ΚΠ 1882 M. S. Monier-Williams Figure Skating (1883) 29 The term ‘Entire’ signifies a Cross Roll at the centre, either forward or backward, as indicated by the call. 1882 M. S. Monier-Williams Figure Skating (1883) 30 The word ‘Entire’ is declared to mean a forward cross roll at the centre as well as a back cross roll. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > unadulterated or undiluted clean883 purea1393 uncorrumpeda1400 uncorrupted1541 sincere1557 stark naked?1594 undelayed1600 unsophisticated1630 entire1640 inadulterate1648 dephlegmated1651 neat1651 unalloyeda1672 intaminateda1695 undrossy1708 net1713 unadulterate1716 unsophistical1736 uncauponateda1752 undiluted1756 absolute1810 undefecated1812 unadulterated1823 undilute1876 undoctored1882 uncut1967 1640 F. Quarles Enchyridion iv. xcvii It is..a plaine suit of one entyre cloth. 1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 14 Were both the Houses..so intire from Opinionists..as we could wish. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Eee2 And yet those Maronites though intire, without intermixture, are held [etc.]. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum 39 The old Language of the Britains who have been..curious to preserve it entire without any mixture. 1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum iii. 671 It preserves it safe and intire from filth. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. viii. 157 It was brackish: for tho the fresh water is born up by the Salt, and it might be intire without mixture, yet, [etc.]. b. Of qualities, feelings, etc.: Pure, unmixed. Cf. A. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > specifically of immaterial or abstract things entire1600 naked1673 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 329 See now whether pure feare and intire cowardize, doth not make thee wrong this virtuous gentlewoman to close with vs. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 265 Wrauth shall be no more Thenceforth, but in thy presence Joy entire . View more context for this quotation 7. a. Wholly reserved; unshared. entire tenancy (Law): see quot. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > individually owned several1426 uncommon1548 entire1641 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [adjective] > undivided tenure entire1641 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 137 Entire Tenancie is that which is contrary to severall Tenancie, and signifieth a sole possession in one man. 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1885) I. 339 Mr. Foulkes keeping it intire to himself. 1891 N.E.D. at Entire Mod. He has the entire control of that department. I will take the entire responsibility of this step. b. entire to itself: secluded, kept apart, private. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > separate or separated sunderedc1230 ysondredc1380 discretea1398 divisec1420 dissevered1471 separate?a1475 separated1535 semoted1542 dissociate1548 dirempt1580 dissundered1580 severed1581 parted1595 dividual1598 twain1600 sejunct1602 disassociated1611 dissociated1611 dividenta1616 entire to itselfa1618 interstinct1623 disjected1647 segregant1647 severized1649 divided1658 separate1667 secrete1678 disaffiliated1839 dirempted1900 a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 10 That Aristocracy be not too magnificent nor intire to it self, but communicate with the people some commodities of State or Government. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xxviii. 226 Those few mortifying howers that should have bin intirest to themselves. II. In ethical sense. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] cleanlyc888 unwemmedc950 clean971 lightOE whiteOE unfiledc1200 shire?c1225 sheenc1275 wemlessc1275 undefouled13.. undefoileda1325 purec1330 unbleckedc1380 unfouledc1380 clear1382 impollutec1384 unblemishedc1400 undefiledc1400 unspottedc1400 virginc1400 spotless?a1430 immaculate1441 uncorruptc1450 unpollushed1490 intemeratea1492 incorrupted1529 unmaculate1535 impolluted1548 crystallinec1550 incorrupt1550 uncorrupted1565 undistained1565 unstained1573 entire1587 taintless1590 untainted1590 stainless1599 unsmirched1604 intemerated1608 indepravate1609 chastea1616 uncurseda1628 undishonested1631 untaint1638 Adamical1649 sincere1649 undebaucheda1656 unaccurseda1674 amiantal1674 unsoiled1699 unpolluted1732 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 112/1 Richard Grafton (a right reuerend man whiles he liued and of entier name also being dead). 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 292 Daughter of God and Man, immortal Eve, For such thou art, from sin and blame entire . View more context for this quotation 1678 R. Barclay Apol. True Christian Divinity x. §16. 304 The Bishops and Apostles..should be men of most intire manners and Life. 1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1789) I. i. 5 He who has the vigour to disentangle himself from the snares of deep play..with his character entire may be esteemed a fortunate man. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] > without deception unfeignedc1374 honesta1400 rekenc1400 unfeigningc1400 entirec1430 sincere1539 pretenced1547 fraudless1580 uncoloured1585 unflatteringa1586 upright1587 undissembling1613 deceitless1628 single-hearted1804 undelusive1817 single-minded1836 undeceptive1846 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) iii. v. 77 b There was a prince, full notable and entere Called Otanes. a1600 Doctrynall Good Servauntes in E. F. Rimbault Anc. Poet. Tracts 16th Cent. (1842) 3 Be of thy mynde peasyble and entere. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 516 Some very honest and intire Men stayed still there. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 54 From whom he could expect no entire, and upright dealing. 1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 30 May (O.H.S.) II. 17 John Urry of Xt Church, an intire Man. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adjective] aefauldOE trueOE true as steela1300 throlya1375 entirec1380 faithfula1382 entirelyc1400 single1519 sincere1533 sincere1539 simple-minded1556 Dunstable?1565 truthful?1567 single-hearted1574 single-minded1577 sound1580 downright1584 unaffected1592 real1597 plain-hearted1601 unartificial1603 free1619 honest1634 fair and square1636 round-dealing1642 wholehearted1657 down flata1663 well-designing1670 heart-whole1684 single-eyed1705 unsanctimoniousa1797 natural1825 bona fide1827 unfallacious1827 jannock1828 forthcoming1835 up and down1836 bonified1840 forthgoing1851 unhypocritical1854 forthright1855 upstanding1863 on the level1872 genuine1890 for real1954 upfront1967 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 106 Treuly assoiled of god for his entre sorwe of synne. c1430 Syr. Gener. (Roxb.) 7365 He hem met with hert entier. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Biii But we shall wt moost entyer mindes beseche hym. a1535 J. Fisher Wayes to Perfect Relig. in Eng. Wks. (1876) i. 382 Drawe nygh vnto hym with entiere deuotion. 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. C3v With hert Inteir I wald beseik your Maiesteis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iv. ii. 23 Your entire affection to Bianca. View more context for this quotation 1650 T. Hubbert Pilula 193 That love, and intire affection that you bear to their poor souls. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xii. 112 The strictest Friendships, the most intire Love, and the firmest Peace. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > internal organs > [noun] innethc888 guta1000 inwardc1000 inwarda1300 entrailc1330 innerera1340 entraila1382 inwardness1388 bowelc1440 paunch?c1475 umbles1536 parts entire1596 inmeat1616 in-parta1629 internalsa1629 giblet1647 viscera1651 pluck1711 viscus1728 inside1741 trollibags1824 innards1825 interior1835 splanchnology1842 work1884 1483 Cath. Angl. Entyrly, intime. 15.. T. Cooper Lat. Dict. Intime, entirely.] 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. H5 Casting secret flakes of lustfull fire..into their harts and parts entire . View more context for this quotation a. Wholly, completely. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] fullyeOE allesOE fullOE rightc1175 everydealc1300 wholec1300 whollya1325 finelyc1330 fairly1340 completec1374 gainlya1375 clearly1377 freelya1393 plaina1393 entire?a1400 entirelyc1400 oddlyc1400 sufficientlyc1440 expressc1475 totally1509 completely1526 finec1530 exactly?1531 sincerely1576 start1599 fillingly1611 circularly1618 solid1651 out-over1745 rotundly1775 roundedly?1802 whole hog1840 clear-away1883 whole cloth1917 righteous1948 ?a1400 Chester Pl. (1843) I. 193 Seith fourtie daies are gone intier. [Cf. 1707 at sense 7a.] b. Heartily, sincerely, unfeignedly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > sincerity, freedom from deceit > [adverb] utterly?c1225 entirelya1340 faithlyc1350 without (but) feigningc1380 clearly1389 whollyc1390 unfeigninglyc1400 entirec1430 unfeigneda1469 without coloura1513 honestly1526 singly1526 unfeignedly1526 uncolourably1541 bona fide1542 frankly?1553 sincerely1560 squarely1564 uprightly1565 square1577 single-mindedly1579 undissemblinglyc1585 above board1599 fair and square1604 downright1607 downrightly1632 really1641 uncasuistly1649 honest1654 up tro1654 plain-heartedly1675 unaffectedly1677 straightforwardly1839 wholeheartedly1845 unfallaciously1852 up and down1854 single-heartedly1857 unflatteringly1874 uncynically1895 square on1963 c1430 Syr. Gener. (Roxb.) 7609 He that me loued most entier. ?1565 Smyth that forged New Dame sig. C.iv She..thanked god intere. C. n. 1. The whole; the assemblage of all the parts; the full extent (of anything). Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > [noun] everydeala1300 universityc1384 universal?c1400 the whole ofc1450 alpha and omega1526 entire1597 be-alla1616 all1619 totalitya1631 all-hood1722 entirety1856 totalnessc1864 1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill (Arb.) v. 145 It is not safe to deuide, but to extoll the entire still in generall. 1609 C. Tourneur Funerall Poeme 375 The parts: the entire; and every circumstance That was contingent. 1804 Ld. Castlereagh in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 250 We have by two wars..bound up the entire of Mysore in our dominions. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 234 A range of seven graves, enclosed each by lofty railings—so that the entire resembles, etc. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy viii The death of her husband, who left her the entire of his property. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 193 In the entire of the Poems we never hear of a merchant ship of the Greeks. 2. Entirety; completeness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] wholeness?c1400 entirety1548 entireness1605 integrality1611 entire1622 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 158 Maintaining the Liberties of Holy Church in their Entire. 1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians lxiii Too long to print in entire. 3. An entire horse; a stallion. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by gender or age > [noun] > male > stallion or stud-horse stud horseeOE stallion1390 steed-horsec1425 courser1483 mastard1598 stone-horse1600 stone-colt1691 seed horse1792 stud1803 foal-getter1809 entire1881 1881 J. F. T. Keane Journey Medinah 160 He bought two young bay entires for one hundred dollars each. 1886 Daily News 14 Dec. 3/1 Four heavy-looking grey entires. 4. Short for entire beer: see A. 2b.Not now in current use exc. on tavern sign-boards and the like, where ‘A.B.C. & Co's entire’ is still advertised. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > beer > [noun] > porter porter's guzzle1699 porter's ale1716 porter1721 porter's beer1745 entire1825 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 691 Hagger's entire [humorously for ‘ginger-beer’], two-pence a bottle. 1854 A. Wynter Curiosities of Civilisation 239 On countless sign-boards of the metropolis this [porter]..is advertised by the title of entire. 5. Philately. (See quot. 1967.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter > [noun] > cover or envelope > types of postage envelope1840 mourning envelope1856 return envelope1856 stamped (and) addressed envelope1873 entire1897 window envelope1910 Mulready1912 flown cover1930 S.A.E.1939 Jiffy bag1956 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting stamps > [noun] > whole stamped envelope entire1897 1897 O. Firth Postage Stamps vii. 148 The advisability of collecting ‘entires’, or ‘Ganz Sachen’, as the Germans more expressively have it, is a problem that sooner or later presents itself to the ardent collector. 1937 Daily Tel. 16 Oct. (Stamp Suppl.) p. ix/1 The air mail has stimulated the collecting of entires. 1967 Scott's New Handbk. Philatelists 13 Entire, a whole stamped envelope, letter sheet or wrapper, used or unused. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † entirev. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To make a whole of; to unite. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > state of being composite > form into a whole or unit [verb (transitive)] entire1709 unitize1939 1709 J. Spelman & T. Hearne Life Alfred the Great 28 The West Saxon Kingdom and the Kingdom of Kent became again entired in one in his hand. 2. To attach exclusively; also in weaker sense, to attach closely or intimately. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > make friends with [verb (transitive)] > accept (a person) as a friend > attach (a person) exclusively or intimately entire1624 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον 305 Lamia was..entyred to Demetrius. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον vii. 323 Shee had a bedfellow, unto whom above all others shee was entired. a1641 T. Heywood & W. Rowley Fortune by Land & Sea v, in Wks. (1874) VI. 432 I take my Sisters husband, unto me Therefore one most intir'd. Derivatives enˈtired adj. = entire adj. 3c. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adjective] > intimate or familiar > (of people) wholly devoted, intimate, or unreserved entirec1420 heartbounda1586 entired1635 1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells i. 37 Theseus in Search of his deare and Entired friend Perithous. 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