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Full; complete; as, a plenal view or act. [Obs.]

Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. I. Watts. Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. -- Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration.…

Full; complete; plenary. [Obs.]

The quality or state of being full or complete; fullness; completeness; abundance; as, the plenitude of space or power.

Having plenitude; full; complete; thorough. [Obs.]

The system of equations required for the complete expression of the relations which exist between a set of quantities. Brande & C.

perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past action or event. -- n.

To begin and not complete. [Obs.] Bacon.

ke elegant and polite; as, to polish life or manners. Milton. To polish off, to finish completely, as an adversary. [Slang] W. H. Russell.

on, several forces acting simultaneously upon one point, so that the side necessary to complete the figure represents the resultant of those forces. Cf. Parallelogram of forces, under Parallelogram.

So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.

admission, as of steam, to the engine cylinder before the back stroke is completed, thus increasing the cushioning.

n an internal-combustion engine while the inlet valve is open or before compression is completed.

eving upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof.

in the condition of advance, accomplishment, transaction, or the like; begun, and not completed. -- Jury process (Law), the process by which a jury is summoned in a cause, and by which their attendance is enforced. Burrill. -- Leblanc's process (Chem.), the process of manufacturing soda by treating salt with sulphur…

A state of complete readiness for action. [Obs.] "War in procinct." Milton.

Toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition; -- applied to individuals, communities, or the race; as, social, moral, religious, or political progress.

A complete sentence, or part of a sentence consisting of a subject and predicate united by a copula; a thought expressed or propounded in language; a from of speech in which a predicate is affirmed or denied of a subject; as, snow is white.

ollow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a scheme, hope, or claim. I am beloved Hermia; Why should not I, then, prosecute my right Shak.

Any grouse of the genus Lagopus, of which numerous species are known. The feet are completely feathered. Most of the species are brown in summer, but turn white, or nearly white, in winter.