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complect

[ kuhm-plekt ]

verb (used with object)

Obsolete.
  1. to interweave; intertwine.


complect

/ əˈɛ /

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to interweave or entwine
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of complect1

1515–25; < Latin dz𳦳ī to embrace, enfold, equivalent to com- com- + plect ( ere ) to plait, braid + passive infinitive ending; complex
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of complect1

C16: from Latin dz𳦳ī; see complex
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The woman in the sepia toned photo from the 1890s appears dark complected.

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“I don’t know many Black folks or other people of color, particularly those that are darker complected, that have any faith in the court system.”

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"My great-grandfather married a Swedish girl, you know? So the family has light-colored blood, and that Sandi got it all. But imagine, spirit of contradiction, she wanted to be darker complected like her sisters."

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“Dad was dark complected and, because he grew up in San Antonio and went to Alamo Heights High School, he spoke Spanish fluently,” said his son.

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Police describe the man as wearing a black baseball hat pulled down to his eyebrows, a black shirt and as having a “light complected” skin tone.

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