Complex Com"plex (kŏm"plĕks)
adjective [ Latin
complexus , past participle of
complecti to entwine around, comprise;
com- +
plectere to twist, akin to
plicare to fold. See
Plait ,
noun ]
1. Composed 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 army, the universe.
Locke.
2. Involving many parts; complicated; intricate. When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex .
Whewell.
Complex fraction .
See Fraction . --
Complex number (Math.) ,
in the theory of numbers, an expression of the form a + b√-1 , when a and b are ordinary integers. Syn. -- See
Intricate .
Complex Com"plex noun [ Latin
complexus ]
Assemblage of related things; collection; complication. This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.
South.
Complex of lines (Geom.) ,
all the possible straight lines in space being considered, the entire system of lines which satisfy a single relation constitute a complex ; as, all the lines which meet a given curve make up a complex . The lines which satisfy two relations constitute a congruency of lines; as, the entire system of lines, each one of which meets two given surfaces, is a congruency .
Complexed Com·plexed" (kŏm*plĕkst")
adjective Complex, complicated. [ Obsolete] "
Complexed significations."
Sir T. Browne.
Complexedness Com·plex"ed·ness (kŏm*plĕks"ĕd*nĕs)
noun The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication. The complexedness of these moral ideas.
Locke.
Complexion Com·plex"ion (kŏm*plĕk"shŭn)
noun [ French
complexion , from Latin
complexio . See
Complex , adjective ]
1. The state of being complex; complexity. [ Obsolete]
Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is properly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it.
I. Watts.
2. A combination; a complex. [ Archaic]
This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms.
Coleridge.
3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature. [ Obsolete]
If his complexion incline him to melancholy.
Milton.
It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam.
Shak.
4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face. Tall was her stature, her complexion dark.
Wordsworth.
Between the pale complexion of true love,
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain.
Shak.
5. The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.
Complexional Com·plex"ion·al (-
a l)
adjective Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion. A moral rather than a complexional timidity.
Burke.
Complexionally Com·plex"ion·al·ly adverb Constitutionally. [ R.]
Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious.
Burke.
Complexionary Com·plex"ion·a·ry adjective Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it. Jer. Taylor.
Complexioned Com·plex"ioned (kŏm*plĕk"shŭnd)
adjective Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition; as, a dark- complexioned or a ruddy- complexioned person. A flower is the best- complexioned grass, as a pearl is the best-colored clay.
Fuller.
Complexity Com·plex"i·ty noun ;
plural Complexities . [ Confer French
complexité .]
1. The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement. The objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity .
Burke.
2. That which is complex; intricacy; complication. Many-corridored complexities
Of Arthur's palace.
Tennyson.
Complexly Com"plex`ly adverb In a complex manner; not simply.
Complexness Com"plex`ness noun The state of being complex; complexity. A. Smith.
Complexus Com·plex"us noun [ Latin , an embracing.]
A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication.
Compliable Com·pli"a·ble adjective Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant. Another compliable mind.
Milton.
The Jews . . . had made their religion compliable , and accommodated to their passions.
Jortin.
Compliance Com·pli"ance noun [ See
Comply .]
1. The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. What compliances will remove dissension?
Swift.
Ready compliance with the wishes of his people.
Macaulay.
2. A disposition to yield to others; complaisance. A man of few words and of great compliance .
Clarendon.
Syn. -- Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acquiescence; assent.
Compliancy Com·pli"an·cy noun Compliance; disposition to yield to others. Goldsmith.
Compliant Com·pli"ant adjective Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive. "The
compliant boughs."
Milton.
Compliantly Com·pli"ant·ly adverb In a compliant manner.
Complicacy Com"pli·ca·cy noun A state of being complicate or intricate. Mitford.
Complicant Com"pli·cant adjective [ Latin
complicans , present participle]
(Zoology) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.
Complicate Com"pli·cate adjective [ Latin
complicatus , past participle of
complicare to fold together. See
Complex .]
1. Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved. How poor, how rich, how abject, how august,
How complicate , how wonderful is man!
Young.
2. (Botany) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.
Complicate Com"pli·cate transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Complicated ;
present participle & verbal noun Complicating .]
To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult. Nor can his complicated sinews fail.
Young.
Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action.
Addison.
When the disease is complicated with other diseases.
Arbuthnot.
Complicately Com"pli·cate·ly adverb In a complex manner.
Complicateness Com"pli·cate·ness noun Complexity. Sir M. Hale.
Complication Com`pli·ca"tion noun [ Latin
compliasion : confer French
complication .]
1. The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity. A complication of diseases.
Macaulay.
Through and beyond these dark complications of the present, the New England founders looked to the great necessities of future times.
Palfrey.
2. (Medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
Complice Com"plice noun ;
plural Complices . [ French, from Latin
complex ,
- plicis , closely connected with one, confederate. See
Complicate , and confer
Accomplice .]
An accomplice. [ Obsolete]
To quell the rebels and their complices .
Shak.
Complicity Com·plic"i·ty noun ;
plural Complicities . [ French
complicité .]
The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.
Complier Com·pli"er noun One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yielding temper. Swift.
Compliment Com"pli·ment noun [ French
compliment . It
complimento , from
comlire to compliment, finish, suit, from Latin
complere to fill up. See
Complete , and confer
Complement .]
An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend. Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear
So many hollow compliments and lies.
Milton.
Many a compliment politely penned.
Cowper.
To make one a compliment ,
to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way. Locke. --
To make one's compliments to ,
to offer formal courtesies to. --
To stand on compliment ,
to treat with ceremony. Syn. -- See
Adulation .
Compliment Com"pli·ment transitive verb To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to. Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . .
Should compliment their foes and shun their friends.
Prior.
Syn. -- To praise; flatter; adulate; commend.
Compliment Com"pli·ment intransitive verb To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect. I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, compliment with one another.
Boyle.
Complimental Com`pli·men"tal adjective Complimentary. [ Obsolete]
Languages . . . grow rich and abundant in complimental phrases, and such froth.
Sir H. Wotton.
--
Com`pli*men"tal*ly ,
adverb [ Obsolete]
Boyle. --
Com`pli*men"tal*ness ,
noun [ Obsolete]
Hammond.
Complimentary Com`pli·men"ta·ry adjective Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket. "
Complimentary addresses."
Prescott.
Complimentative Com`pli·men"ta·tive adjective Complimentary. [ R.]
Boswell.
Complimenter Com"pli·ment`er noun One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer.
Compline, Complin Com"pline, Com"plin noun [ From Middle English
complie , Old French
complie , French
complies , plural, from Late Latin
completa (prop. fem. of Latin
completus ) the religious exercise which completes and closes the service of the day. See
Complete .]
(Eccl.) The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset. The custom of godly man been to shut up the evening with a compline of prayer at nine of the night.
Hammond.
Complot Com"plot noun [ French
complot , probably for
comploit , from Latin
complicitum , propast participle p. of
complicare , but equiv. to
complicatio complication, entangling. See
Complicate , and confer
Plot .]
A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy. I know their complot is to have my life.
Shak.
Complot Com·plot" transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Complotted ;
present participle & verbal noun Complotting .] [ Confer French
comploter , from
complot .]
To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design. We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scene of miseries to the Trojans.
Pope.
Complotment Com·plot"ment noun A plotting together. [ R.]
Complotter Com·plot"ter noun One joined in a plot. Dryden.
Complutensian Com`plu·ten"sian adjective Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.
Compluvium Com·plu"vi·um noun [ Latin ]
(Architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
Comply Com·ply" intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Complied ;
present participle & verbal noun Complying .] [ Perh. formed from
compliment , influenced by
ply ,
pliant , which are of different origin: confer Italian
complire to compliment, finish, suit. See
Compliment ,
Complete .]
1. To 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 law.
Milton.
They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images.
Tillotson.
He that complies against his will
Is of his own opinion still.
Hudibras.
2. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Comply Com·ply" transitive verb [ See
comply ,
intransitive verb ]
1. To fulfill; to accomplish. [ Obsolete]
Chapman. 2. [ Confer Latin
complicare to fold up. See
Ply .]
To infold; to embrace. [ Obsolete]
Seemed to comply ,
Cloudlike, the daintie deitie.
Herrick.
Compo Com"po noun ; plural
- pos .
Short for Composition ; -- used, esp. in England, colloquial in various trade applications; as :
(a) A mortar made of sand and cement. (b) A carver's mixture of resin, whiting, and glue, used instead of plaster of Paris for ornamenting walls and cornices. (c) A composition for billiard balls. (d) A preparation of which printer's rollers are made. (e) A preparation used in currying leather. (f) Composition paid by a debtor.
Compone Com·pone" (-pōn")
transitive verb [ Latin
componere . See
Compound .]
To compose; to settle; to arrange. [ Obsolete]
A good pretense for componing peace.
Strype.
Compone Com·po"ne (kŏm*pō"na)
adjective [ French]
See Compony .
Component Com·po"nent (kŏm*pō"n
e nt)
adjective [ Latin
componens , present participle of
componere . See
Compound ,
transitive verb ]
Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent. The component parts of natural bodies.
Sir I. Newton.
Component Com·po"nent noun 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 resultant; one of a number of forces into which a single force may be resolved.
Compony Com·po"ny Com*po"né adjective [ French componé.] (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, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter- compony .
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