Webster's Dictionary 1913

6049

Complaintful

Com‐plaint″ful (?), a. Full of complaint.

6050

Complaisance

Com″plai‐sance′ (?; 277), n. [F. complaisance. See Complaisant, and cf. Complacence.] Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportmen...

6051

Complaisant

Com″plai‐sant (?), a. [F. complaisant, p. pr. of complaire to acquiesce as a favor, fr. L. complacere. See Complacent.] Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a...

6052

Complanar

Com‐pla″nar (?), a. See Coplanar.

6053

Complanate

Com″pla‐nate (? or �), a. [L. complanatus, p. p. of complanare to make plane. See Plane, v. t.] Flattened to a level surface.

6054

Complanate (2)

Com″pla‐nate (?), v. t. To make level.

6055

Complected

Com‐plect″ed (?), a. Complexioned.

6056

Complement

Com″ple‐ment (?), n. [L. complementun: cf. F. complément. See Complete, v. t., and cf. Compliment.] 1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill ...

6057

Complement (2)

Com″ple‐ment (?), v. t. 1. To supply a lack; to supplement.2. To compliment. Jer. Taylor.

6058

Complemental

Com′ple‐men″tal (?), a. 1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. “Complemental ceremony.” Prynne.2. Complimentary; courteous. Shak.Complemental air(Ph...

6059

Complementary

Com′ple‐men″ta‐ry (?), a. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.Complementary colors. See under Color. — Complementary angles(Math.), two angles whose su...

6060

Complementary (2)

Com′ple‐men″ta‐ry, n. [See Complimentary.] One skilled in compliments. B. Jonson.

6061

Complete

Com‐plete″ (?), a. [L. completus, p. p. of complere to fill up; com- + plere to fill. See Full, a., and cf. Comply, Compline.] 1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; fre...

6062

Complete (2)

Com‐plete″, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Completed; p. pr. & vb. n.Completing.] To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; ...

6063

Completely

Com‐plete″ly, adv. In a complete manner; fully.

6064

Completement

Com‐plete″ment (?), n. Act of completing or perfecting; completion. Dryden.

6065

Completeness

Com‐plete″ness, n. The state of being complete.

6066

Completion

Com‐ple″tion (?), n. [L. completio a filling, a fulfillment.] 1. The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an ...

6067

Completive

Com‐ple″tive (?), a. [L. completivus: cf. F. complétif.] Making complete. J. Harris.

6068

Completory

Com‐ple″to‐ry (?), a. Serving to fulfill.Completory of ancient presignifications.Barrow.

6069

Completory (2)

Com″ple‐to″ry (? or?), n. [L. completorium.] (Eccl.) Same as Compline.

6070

Complex

Com″plex (kŏm″plĕks), a. [L. complexus, p. p. of complecti to entwine around, comprise; com- + plectere to twist, akin to plicare to fold. See Plait, n.] 1. Composed of two or m...

6071

Complex (2)

Com″plex, n. [L. complexus] Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings an...

6072

Complexed

Com‐plexed″ (kŏm‐plĕkst″), a. Complex, complicated. “Complexed significations.” Sir T. Browne.

6073

Complexedness

Com‐plex″ed‐ness (kŏm‐plĕks″ĕd‐nĕs), n. The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication.The complexedness of these moral ideas.Locke.

6074

Complexion

Com‐plex″ion (kŏm‐plĕk″shŭn), n. [F. complexion, fr. L. complexio. See Complex, a.] 1. The state of being complex; complexity.Though the terms of propositions may be complex, ye...

6075

Complexional

Com‐plex″ion‐al (–al), a. Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion.A moral rather than a complexional timidity.Burke.