Compleated

/kəmˈpliːtɪd/ verb

Definition

Completed; finished (archaic past tense of complete using the compleat variant).

Etymology

Past tense of the archaic 'compleat,' itself a variant of 'complete.' This spelling appears in texts from the 16th-18th centuries before standardized spelling emerged.

Kelly Says

Old English texts show how wildly spelling varied before dictionaries enforced standards—the same word might appear as 'completed,' 'compleat,' and 'compleated' on the same page!

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