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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cŏm'ple-ment, n. p. 262That which fills up, completes, or supplies a deficiency; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete; fullness or completeness. “To exceed his complement and number appointed…Cŏm'ple-mĕnt'al, a. p. 262Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. “Complemental ceremony.” Prynne.Cŏm'ple-mĕnt'a-ry, a. p. 262Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary colors or numbers.Cŏm'ple-mĕn't'a-ry, n. p. 262One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Com-ple'te, a. p. 262Filled up; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate. “Complete perfections.” Milton. 2. Finished; ended; concluded; as, the edifice is complete. This course of vanity almost complete. Prior.…Com-plēte′, v. t. p. 262To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education. “Bred only and completed to the…Com-plēte'ly, adv. p. 262In a complete manner; fully; entirely. Swift.Com-plēte'ment, n. p. 262The act of completing; a finishing. [Obs.] Dryden.Com-plēte'ness, n. p. 262The state of being complete; perfection. Watts.Com-plè'tion, n. p. 262The act, process, or state of being complete; as, the completion of an undertaking; the completion of an education. “The completion of some repairs.” Prescott. 2. Fulfillment; accomplishment…Com-plē'tive, a. p. 262Making complete. Harris.Com·plē'to·ry, a. p. 262Serving to fulfill; accomplishing. “Completory of ancient presignifications and predictions.” Barrow.Cŏm'ple-to-ry, n. p. 262(Eccl.) The evening service; the compline of the Roman Catholic church. Hooper.Cŏm'plex, a. p. 262Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea. Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an…Cŏm′plex, n. p. 262Assemblage; collection; complication. [Rare.] This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel. South.Com-plĕxed’, a. p. 262Complex. Browne.Com-plex'ed-ness, n. p. 262The state or quality of being complex; complication; as, the complexedness of moral ideas. Locke.Com-plex'ion, n. p. 262The state of being complex; complexity; connection of parts; frame or texture. Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet where the composition of the whole argument is thus plain, simple…Com·plèx'ion-al, a. p. 262Depending on, or pertaining to, complexion. Spectator.Com-plèx'ion-al-ly, adv. p. 262By complexion. Browne.Com-plex'ion-a-ry, a. p. 262Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it. Taylor.Com-plex'ioned, a. p. 262Having a complexion; — used in composition. A flower is the best-complexioned grass, as a pearl is the best-colored clay. Fuller.Com-plĕx′i-ty, n. p. 262The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement. Men are every now and then put by complexity of human affairs into strange situations. Burke.Cŏm'plex-ly, adv. p. 262In a complex manner; not simply.Cŏm'plex-ness, n. p. 262The state of being complex; complexity. A. Smith.Com·plēx'ūre, n. p. 262The involution or complication of one thing with others. Montaigne.Com-plēx'us, n. p. 262(Anat.) A long, broad muscle situated along the back part and side of the neck.Com-pli'a-ble, a. p. 262Inclined to comply or yield; compliant. The Jews . . . had made their religion compliable, and accommodated to their passion. Jortin.Com-pliʹance, n. p. 262The act of complying; a yielding, as to a request, wish, desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. Let the king meet compliance in your looks, A free and ready yielding to his wishes.…Com-pli'ant, a. p. 262Yielding; bending; pliant. “The compliant boughs.” Milton. 2. Yielding to request or desire; civil; obliging.Com-pli'ant-ly, adv. p. 262In a yielding manner.Com'pli-ca-cy, n. p. 262A state of being complex or intricate. Mitford.Cŏm'pli-cāte, v. t. p. 262To fold or twist together; to interweave. Nor can his complicated sinews fail. Young. 2. To render complex; to involve. Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action.…Cŏm'pli-cate, a. p. 262Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated. Though the particular actions of war are complicate in fact, yet they are separate and distinct in right. Bacon. 2. (Bot.) Folded together…Cŏm'pli-cate-ly, adv. p. 262In a complex manner.Cŏm'pli-cate-ness, n. p. 262The state of being complicate; involution; intricacy; perplexity. Hale.Cŏm'/pli-cā'tion, n. p. 262Intricate or confused blending of parts; entanglement; the act or state of being involved; complexity. “A complication of diseases.” Macaulay. Through and beyond these dark complications of the…Cŏm'pli-cā'tive, a. p. 262Tending or adapted to involve.Cŏm'plĭce, n. p. 262An associate or confederate in some unlawful act or design; an accomplice. [Obs.] “To quell the rebels and their complices.” Shak.Com-pliç'i-ty, n. p. 262The state or condition of being a complice or accomplice.Com-pli'er, n. p. 262One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yielding temper. Swift.Cŏm'pli-ment, n. p. 262A manifestation, by word or act, of approbation, regard, or admiration; delicate flattery; as, to send one's compliments to a friend. Tedious waste of time to sit and hear So many hollow compliments.…Cŏm'pli-ment, v. t. p. 262To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation. Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . . By ignominious arts, for servile ends, Should compliment…Cŏm'pli-ment, v. i. p. 262To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect. I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, compliment with one another. Boyle.Cŏm'pli-mĕnt'al, a. p. 262Expressive of, or implying, compliments. Languages grow rich and abundant in complimental phrases, and such froth. Hutton.Cŏm'pli-mĕnt'al-ly, adv. p. 262In the nature of a compliment; by way of civility or ceremony. Broome.Cōm'pli-mĕnt'al-ness, n. p. 262The quality of being complimental. [Obs.] Hammond.Cōm'pli-mĕnt'ā-ry, a. p. 262Expressive of regard or praise. “Complimentary addresses.” Prescott. Syn.—Complimental; gratulatory; congratulatory; flattering.Cŏm'pli-mĕnt'a-tīve, a. p. 263Expressing compliments; complimentary. [Rare.]Cōm'pli-mēnt'er, n. p. 263One who compliments; one given to compliments; a flatterer. Johnson.Cōm'pline or Cōm'plin, n. p. 263(Eccl.) The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the last prayer at night, to be recited after sunset. The custom of godly men hath been to shut up the evening with a compline of prayer at…Cŏm'plish, v. t. p. 263To accomplish. [Obs.] Spenser.Com-plōre', v. i. p. 263To make lamentation together. [Obs.]Cŏm'plot, n. p. 263A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy. I know their complot is to have my life. Shak.Com-plŏt', v. t. & i. p. 263To plot together; to conspire; to join in a secret design, generally criminal. We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scene of miseries to the Trojans. Pope.Com-plot'ment, n. p. 263A plotting together; conspiracy. [Rare.] King.Com-plŏt'ter, n. p. 263One joined in a plot; a conspirator. Dryden.Com-plŏt'ting-ly, adv. p. 263By complotting.Cŏm'plu-tĕn'sian, a. p. 263Of, or pertaining to, the polyglot edition of the Bible published at Complutum, or Alcala, in Spain, in 1522, by Cardinal Ximenes. In the midst of his pressing duties, Ximenes found time for the…Com-plȳ', v. i. p. 263To yield assent; to accord, agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; — usually followed by with. Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply, Scandalous or forbidden in our laws.…