Complimentative
Com′pli‐men″ta‐tive (?), a. Complimentary. Boswell.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Complimenter
Com″pli‐ment′er (?), n. One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer.
Compline
{ Com″pline, Com″plin } (?), n. [From OE. complie, OF. complie, F. complies, pl., fr. LL. completa (prop. fem. of L. completus) the religious exercise which completes and closes...
Complot
Com″plot (?), n. [F. complot, prob. for comploit, fr.L. complicitum, prop. p. p. of complicare, but equiv. to complicatio complication, entangling. See Complicate, and cf. Plot....
Complot (2)
Com‐plot″ (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Complotted; p. pr. & vb. n.Complotting.] [Cf. F. comploter, fr. complot.] To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret desig...
Complotment
Com‐plot″ment (?), n. A plotting together.
Complotter
Com‐plot″ter (?), n. One joined in a plot. Dryden.
Complutensian
Com′plu‐ten″sian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.
Compluvium
‖Com‐plu″vi‐um (?), n.(Arch.) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
Comply
Com‐ply″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Complied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Complying.] [Perh. formed fr. compliment, influenced by ply, pliant, which are of different origin: cf. It. complir...
Comply (2)
Com‐ply″, v. t. [See comply, v. i.] 1. To fulfill; to accomplish. Chapman.2. [Cf. L. complicare to fold up. See Ply.] To infold; to embrace.Seemed to comply,Cloudlike, the daint...
Compo
Com″po (?), n.; pl. -pos (#). Short for Composition; — used, esp. in England, colloq. in various trade applications; as: (a) A mortar made of sand and cement. (b) A carver's mix...
Compone
Com‐pone″ (–pōn″), v. t. [L. componere. See Compound.] To compose; to settle; to arrange.A good pretense for componing peace.Strype.
Compone (2)
‖Com‐po″ne (kŏm‐pō″nā̍), a. See Compony.
Component
Com‐po″nent (kŏm‐pō″nent), a. [L. componens, p. pr. of componere. See Compound, v. t.] Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.The component parts of ...
Component (2)
Com‐po″nent, n. A constituent part; an ingredient.Component of force(Mech.), a force which, acting conjointly with one or more forces, produces the effect of a single force or r...
Compony
{ Com‐po″ny (?), ‖Com‐po″né (?) }, a.(Her.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; — said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines,...
Comport
Com‐port″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Comported; p. pr. & vb. n.Comporting.] [F. comporter, LL. comportare, fr.L. comportare to bring together; com- + portare to carry. See Port dem...
Comport (2)
Com‐port″ (?), v. t. 1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with.The malcontented sortThat never can the present state comport.Daniel.2. To carry; to conduct; — with a reflexiv...
Comport (3)
Com″port (?, formerly �), n. [Cf. OF. comport.] Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment.I knew them well, and marked their rude comport.Dryden.
Comportable
Com‐port″a‐ble (?), a. Suitable; consistent. “Some comportable method.” Wotton.
Comportance
Com‐port″ance (?), n. Behavior; comport.Goodly comportance each to other bear.Spenser.
Comportation
Com′por‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. comportatio.] A bringing together. Bp. Richardson.
Comportment
Com‐port″ment (?), n. [F. comportement.] Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.A graceful comportment of their bodies.Cowley.Her serious and devout comportment.Addison.
Compos mentis
‖Com″pos men″tis (?). (Law) Sane in mind; being of sound mind, memory, and understanding.
Compos-mentis
Com″pos–men″tis, n. One who is compos mentis.
Compose
Com‐pose″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Composed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Composing.] [F. composer; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the origin is different. S...