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com⋅plect

  [kuhm-plekt]
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–verb (used with object) Obsolete.
to interweave; intertwine.
Origin:
1515–25; < L complectī to embrace, enfold, equiv. to com- com- + plect(ere) to plait, braid + -ī pass. inf. ending; cf. complex
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com·plect   (kəm-plěkt')   
tr.v.   com·plect·ed, com·plect·ing, com·plects
To join by weaving or twining together; interweave.

[Latin complectī, to entwine : com-, com- + plectere, to plait; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]
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