Comperendinate Com`pe·ren"di·nate transitive verb [ Latin
comperendinatus , past participle of
comperendinare to defer (the time of trial.)]
To delay. Bailey.
Compesce Com·pesce" transitive verb [ Latin
compescere .]
To hold in check; to restrain. [ R.]
Carlyle.
Compete Com·pete" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Competed ;
present participle & verbal noun Competing .] [ Latin
completere ,
competitum ;
com- +
petere to seek. See
Petition .]
To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another. The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while competing for European alliances.
Bancroft.
Competence, Competency Com"pe·tence, Com"pe·ten·cy noun [ Confer French
compétence , from Latin
competentia agreement.]
1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power. The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause.
Burke.
To make them act zealously is not in the competence of law.
Burke.
2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sufficiency without excess. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense,
Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence .
Pope.
Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer.
Shak.
3. (Law) (a) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence. (b) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court. Kent.
Competent Com"pe·tent (kŏm"pe*t
e nt; 94)
adjective [ French
compétent , present participle of
compéter to be in the competency of, Late Latin
competere to strive after together, to agree with; hence, to be fit. See
Compete .]
1. Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit. "A
competent knowledge of the world."
Atterbury. "
Competent age."
Grafton. "
Competent statesmen."
Palfrey. /"A
competent witness."
Bouvier. 2. Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by to . [ Rare, except in legal usage.]
That is the privilege of the infinite Author of things, . . . but is not competent to any finite being.
Locke.
Syn. -- See
Qualified .
Competently Com"pe·tent·ly adverb In a competent manner; adequately; suitably.
Competible Com·pet"i·ble adjective Compatible; suitable; consistent. [ Obsolete]
Sir M. Hale.
Competition Com`pe·ti"tion noun [ Latin
competition . See
Compete .]
The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with. Competition to the crown there is none, nor can be.
Bacon.
A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come in competition .
Dryden.
There is no competition but for the second place.
Dryden.
Where competition does not act at all there is complete monopoly.
A. T. Hadley.
Syn. -- Emulation; rivalry; rivalship; contest; struggle; contention; opposition; jealousy. See
Emulation .
Competitive Com·pet"i·tive adjective Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.
Competitor Com·pet"i·tor noun [ Latin : confer French
compétiteur .]
1. One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival. And can not brook competitors in love.
Shak.
2. An associate; a confederate. [ Obsolete]
Every hour more competitors
Flock to their aid, and still their power increaseth.
Shak.
Competitory Com·pet"i·to·ry adjective Acting in competition; competing; rival.
Competitress Com·pet"i·tress noun A woman who competes.
Competitrix Com·pet"i·trix noun [ Latin ]
A competitress.
Compilation Com"pi·la"tion noun [ Latin
compilatio : confer French
compilation .]
1. The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources. 2. That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents. His [ Goldsmith's] compilations are widely distinguished from the compilations of ordinary bookmakers.
Macaulay.
Compilator Com"pi·la`tor noun [ Latin ]
Compiler. [ Obsolete]
Compile Com·pile" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Compiled ;
present participle & verbal noun Compiling .] [ French
compiler , from Latin
compilare to plunder, pillage;
com- +
pilare to plunder. See
Pill ,
transitive verb ,
Pillage .]
1. To put together; to construct; to build. [ Obsolete]
Before that Merlin died, he did intend
A brazen wall in compass to compile .
Spenser.
2. To contain or comprise. [ Obsolete]
Which these six books compile .
Spenser.
3. To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents. He [ Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome.
Macaulay.
4. To write; to compose. [ Obsolete]
Sir W. Temple.
Compilement Com·pile"ment noun Compilation. [ R.]
Compiler Com·pil"er noun [ Middle English
compiluor ; confer Old French
compileor , from Latin
compilator .]
One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.
Compinge Com·pinge" transitive verb [ Latin
compingere .]
To compress; to shut up. [ Obsolete]
Burton.
Complacence, Complacency Com·pla"cence, Com·pla"cen·cy noun [ Late Latin
complacentia : confer French
complaisance . See
Complacent , and confer
Complaisance .]
1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously.
Atterbury.
Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency , if they discover none of the like in themselves.
Addison.
2. The cause of pleasure or joy. "O thou, my sole
complacence ."
Milton. 3. The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability. Complacency , and truth, and manly sweetness,
Dwell ever on his tongue, and smooth his thoughts.
Addison.
With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust.
Pope.
Complacent Com·pla"cent adjective [ Latin
complacens very pleasing, present participle of
complacere ;
com- +
placere to please: confer French
complaisant . See
Please and confer
Complaisant .]
Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile. They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to kings.
Burke.
Complacential Com`pla·cen"tial adjective Marked by, or causing, complacence. [ Obsolete] "
Complacential love."
Baxter.
Complacently Com·pla"cent·ly adverb In a complacent manner.
Complain Com·plain" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Complained ;
present participle & verbal noun Complaining .] [ French
complaindre , Late Latin
complangere ;
com- + Latin
plangere to strike, beat, to beat the breast or head as a sign of grief, to lament. See
Plaint .]
1. To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of . Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel. O loss of sight, of thee I most complain !
Milton.
2. To make a formal accusation; to make a charge. Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king?
Shak.
Syn. -- To repine; grumble; deplore; bewail; grieve; mourn; regret; murmur.
Complain Com·plain" transitive verb To lament; to bewail. [ Obsolete]
They might the grievance inwardly complain .
Daniel.
By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd
Her wrongs to us.
Shak.
Complainable Com·plain"a·ble adjective That may be complained of. [ R.]
Feltham.
Complainant Com·plain"ant noun [ French
complaignant , present participle of
complaindre .]
1. One who makes complaint. Eager complainants of the dispute.
Collier.
2. (Law) (a) One who commences a legal process by a complaint. (b) The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law. He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the town, and the other moiety to the use of the complainant .
Statutes of Mass.
Complainer Com·plain"er noun One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer. Beattie. Speechless complainer , I will learn thy thought.
Shak.
Complaint Com·plaint" noun [ French
complainte . See
Complain .]
1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding. I poured out my complaint before him.
Ps. cxlii. 2.
Grievous complaints of you.
Shak.
2. Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring. The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the complaint of all who wish well to the church.
Swift.
3. An ailment or disease of the body. One in a complaint of his bowels.
Arbuthnot.
4. (Law) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity. Syn. -- Lamentation; murmuring; sorrow; grief; disease; illness; disorder; malady; ailment.
Complaintful Com·plaint"ful adjective Full of complaint. [ Obsolete]
Complaisance Com"plai·sance` noun [ French
complaisance . See
Complaisant , and confer
Complacence .]
Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility. These [ ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people.
Addison.
They strive with their own hearts and keep them down,
In complaisance to all the fools in town.
Young.
Syn. -- Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good breeding.
Complaisant Com"plai·sant adjective [ French
complaisant , present participle of
complaire to acquiesce as a favor, from Latin
complacere . See
Complacent .]
Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman. There are to whom my satire seems too bold:
Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough.
Pope.
Syn. -- Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite; well-bred. See
Obliging . --
Com"plai*sant`ly ,
adverb --
Com"plai*sant`ness ,
noun
Complanar Com·pla"nar adjective See Coplanar .
Complanate Com"pla·nate adjective [ Latin
complanatus , past participle of
complanare to make plane. See
Plane ,
transitive verb ]
Flattened to a level surface. [ R.]
Complanate Com"pla·nate transitive verb To make level. [ R.]
Complected Com·plect"ed adjective Complexioned. [ Low, New Eng.]
Complement Com"ple·ment noun [ Latin
complementun : confer French
complément . See
Complete ,
transitive verb , and confer
Compliment .]
1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete. 2. That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole. History is the complement of poetry.
Sir J. Stephen.
3. Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness. To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons.
Hakluyt.
4. (Math.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity. 5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. [ Obsolete]
Without vain art or curious complements .
Spenser.
6. (Nautical) The whole working force of a vessel. 7. (Mus.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third. 8. A compliment. [ Obsolete]
Shak. Arithmetical compliment of a logarithm .
See under Logarithm . --
Arithmetical complement of a number (Math.) ,
the difference between that number and the next higher power of 10; as, 4 is the complement of 6, and 16 of 84. --
Complement of an arc or angle (Geom.) ,
the difference between that arc or angle and 90°. --
Complement of a parallelogram .
(Math.) See Gnomon . --
In her complement (Her.) ,
said of the moon when represented as full.
Complement Com"ple·ment transitive verb 1. To supply a lack; to supplement. [ R.]
2. To compliment. [ Obsolete]
Jer. Taylor.
Complemental Com`ple·men"tal adjective 1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "
Complemental ceremony."
Prynne. 2. Complimentary; courteous. [ Obsolete]
Shak. Complemental air (Physiol.) ,
the air (averaging 100 cubic inches) which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration. --
Complemental males (Zoology) ,
peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.
Complementary Com`ple·men"ta·ry adjective Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. Complementary colors .
See under Color . --
Complementary angles (Math.) ,
two angles whose sum is 90°.
Complementary Com`ple·men"ta·ry noun [ See
Complimentary .]
One skilled in compliments. [ Obsolete]
B. Jonson.
Complete Com·plete" adjective [ Latin
completus , past participle of
complere to fill up;
com- +
plere to fill. See
Full ,
adjective , and confer
Comply ,
Compline .]
1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate. "
Complete perfections."
Milton. Ye are complete in him.
Col. ii. 10.
That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel
Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon.
Shak.
2. Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete . This course of vanity almost complete .
Prior.
3. (Botany) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil. Syn. -- See
Whole .
Complete Com·plete" transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Completed ;
present participle & verbal noun Completing .]
To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education. Bred only and completed to the taste
Of lustful appetence.
Milton.
And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate.
Pope.
Syn. -- To perform; execute; terminate; conclude; finish; end; fill up; achieve; realize; effect; consummate; accomplish; effectuate; fulfill; bring to pass.
Completely Com·plete"ly adverb In a complete manner; fully.
Completement Com·plete"ment noun Act of completing or perfecting; completion. [ Obsolete]
Dryden.
Completeness Com·plete"ness noun The state of being complete.
Completion Com·ple"tion noun [ Latin
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 education, a service. The completion of some repairs.
Prescott.
2. State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization. Predictions receiving their completion in Christ.
South.
Completive Com·ple"tive adjective [ Latin
completivus : confer French
complétif .]
Making complete. [ R.]
J. Harris.
Completory Com·ple"to·ry adjective Serving to fulfill. Completory of ancient presignifications.
Barrow.
Completory Com"ple·to"ry noun [ Latin
completorium .]
(Eccl.) Same as Compline .
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