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Definition of: entire
(in·tīr′) adjective
1. Complete in all its parts; undivided; whole.
2. Free from admixture; unalloyed; pure.
3. Bot. Having the margin of a leaf not serrated, as a tiger lily.
4. Consisting of only one piece.
5. Uncastrated: an entire horse. See synonyms under PERFECT, RADICAL.
—noun The whole; the entirety. [<OF entier <L integer. See INTEGER.]
—en·tire′ly adverb
—en·tire′ness noun
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