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complect

The English word “complect” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To join by weaving.
  2. To embrace.

Etymology

From Latin complectī (“to entwine, encircle, compass, infold”), from com- (“together”) and plectere (“to weave, braid”). See complex.

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