Entire \En*tire"\, a. [F. entier, L. integer untouched,
undiminished, entire; pref. in-, negative + the root of
tangere to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Integer.]
1. Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole;
full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of
a business; entire confidence, ignorance.
That ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
--James i. 4.
With strength entire and free will armed. --Milton.
One entire and perfect chrysolite. --Shak.
2. Without mixture or alloy of anything; unqualified; morally
whole; pure; faithful.
Pure fear and entire cowardice. --Shak.
No man had ever a heart more entire to the king.
--Clarendon.
3. (Bot.)
(a) Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.
(b) Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has
no kind of teeth.
4. Not gelded; -- said of a horse.
5. Internal; interior. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Syn: See Whole, and Radical.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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