explete

transitive verb

-ed/-ing/-s

obsolete

: satisfy, complete

expletion noun

plural -s

obsolete

Word History

Etymology

Middle English expleiten, expleten, partly from Middle French expleiter, espleiter, exploiter, esploiter to achieve, perform & partly from Latin expletus, past participle of explēre

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