WHOLE

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old English hāl; akin to Old High German heil healthy, unhurt, Old Norse heill, Old Church Slavic cělŭ Date: before 12th century 1. a. free of wound or injury ; unhurt, recovered from a wound or injury ; restored, being healed , free of defect or impairment ; intact , physically sound and healthy ; free of disease or deformity, mentally or emotionally sound, having all its proper parts or components ; complete , unmodified , 3. constituting the total sum or undiminished entirety ; entire , each or all of the , 4. constituting an undivided unit ; unbroken , uncut , directed to one end ; concentrated , 5. seemingly complete or total , very great in quantity, extent, or scope , constituting the entirety of a person's nature or development , having the same father and mother , see: perfect ~ness noun Synonyms: see: ~ II. noun Date: 14th century a complete amount or sum ; a number, aggregate, or totality lacking no part, member, or element, something constituting a complex unity ; a coherent system or organization of parts fitting or working together as one, III. adverb Date: 14th century wholly , entirely , as a complete entity