complexlonal 
Before their flrst iirinriplrs ran tir ili-.ln,[;:eil, they arc 
made tmhitual ami <(./,,/-/< i <n,,*<l . 
./,',: THiii'ir, ttni-k, (ed. u.-ir,), II. ::T. 
I 'nii>f''.i-i"/i'rt jin.jnili'-'--. 
2. |Vrtninin<r to the hue or color. 
complexionallyr (kmn-plrk'slton-iil-i), </<//-. In 
1 1m way of temperament: by iiiitiirul disposi- 
tion; constitutionally. Also oompletetfnoilg, 
When- lire the jester^ ii"W.' Ill'- lurli -if llelllth, 
('>,int'/,'_l-'"ii'l(lll |ile:i*;t!lt .' I'.l.tn', 'I he (JniVe. 
coraplexionary (kom-plok'shon-ii-ri), . [< iviw- 
/ili.riini + -nn/i. ] Pertaining to the complexion, 
or to the care of it. [Rare.] 
Thi* i-.iiui'l' .i-i"iiiin/ art. Jr/V. llitn<t*>, 
complexioned (kom-plok'sliond), . f< < 
pli'jrion + -i'il~.] If. Having a certain 
sition. 
Charity fa a virtue that best agrees with coldest natures, 
uinl sueh iiH ;in foui/it, " ...... M< n- humility. 
.SiV V. /,Y.../-/,.., Keligio Mediei. 
2. Haying a certain hup, especially of the skin: 
used in composition: as, <\m\t-compli'xionctl, 
A (lower in the best-comwtetto/wrf urns* ; aa a pearl is the 
best-enlnm-eil elay. Alter, Worthies, Nnnvirh. 
COmplexionist (kom-plek'shgn-ist), n. [< en HI- 
/ili.i'i/ni + -/.</.] One who cures for the com- 
plexion or undertakes to improve it, by the use 
of lotions, cosmetics, etc. [Hare.] 
Klder-tlmver water is extensively used by the 1 ...... Inn 
<-o//if>l''j'''iiiit<t. Domestic. Monthly May., April, 1884. 
complexity (kom-plek'si-ti), w. ; pi. ctni>li:riiii < 
(-tiz). [< I'lim/ili-.r, ii., + -Hi/ ; = F. i'ii/ii/ili 1 1/, . | 
1. The quality or state of being complex or 
composed of interconnected parts. 
Snme distinguished for their simplicity ; others for their 
i-nuiph'xitii. Burke. 
Organic phenomena make us familiar with complexity of 
causation, Imtli hy showing the en npei-atimi nf many an- 
tecedents to each consequent, and hy showing the multi- 
plicity of resulU which each influence works out. 
H. Spencer, Study of Soclol., p. 323. 
2. Intricacy; entanglement. 
Such people early discern that the mysterious complexity 
of our life is not to l>e emhraced hy maxims. 
Oeorge Eliot, Mill on the Floss, vll. 2. 
3. Anything complex or intricate. 
.Many-corrldor'd complexities 
Of Arthur's palace. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
=Syn. Complication, Complexity, etc. See complication. 
complexly (kom'pleks-li), adv. In a complex 
manner; not simply. 
A nation, being a complex union of very complexly con- 
stituted individuals, cannot any more than they continue 
in one stay. Mauiltleii, ISody and Will, p. 319. 
complexness (kom'pleks-nes), n. Same as com- 
jili'j'iiii. 
complexuret (kom-plek'sur), . [< complex + 
-arc.] The involution or complication of one 
thing with others. W. Montague. 
complexus ' (kom-plek'sus), 11. ; pi. complexus. 
[< L. complexus, complexity, n., a surrounding, 
embracing, connection in discourse: see com- 
plex, n,] A compound; a complex. 
The mind is displayed, even in its highest faculties, as 
a i-oni t'li'.K'* of insoluble antipathies. Sir W. Hamilton. 
complexus 2 (kom-plek'sus), n. [NL., prop. pp. 
(sc. musctilus, muscle) of complecti, surround: 
see complex, a.] In anat., a broad muscle lying 
along the back part of the neck, connecting the 
occiput and the lower cervical and upper dorsal 
vertebra?, and serving to straighten, incline, 
and turn the head. Also complicate. 
compliablet (kqm-pli'a-bl), a. [< comply + 
-<iMe ; appar. after pliable, which is, however, 
not connected.] Capable of bending or yield- 
ing; pliable; compliant. 
Another compilable mind. IHitton, Divorce. 
The Jews, by their own interpretations, had made their 
religion compilable ami accommodated to their {Missions. 
Jortin, Christian Religion, i. 
compliablyt (kom-pli'a-bli), adv. In a compli- 
ant manner; pliably ; yieldingly. 
compliance (kom-pli'ans), H. [< comply + 
-anre.] 1. The act of complying; a yielding 
or consenting, as to a request, desire, demand, 
or proposal; concession; submission. 
Compliance with our desire. Locke. 
He [God] hath forewarned us of the danger of helng led 
aside by the soft and easie i'>.,,i!,lnrnceit of the world. 
Slillin : irt,vt, Sermons, I. ii. 
I am equally balked by antagonism and compliance. 
Kmermn, Essays, 1st ser., p. 190. 
2. A disposition to yield to others; complai- 
sance. 
He was a man nf few words and great compliance. 
Clarendon. 
1149 
"I'll go see anylxxiy," quoth my uncle Tntiy ; for he was 
:ill .!/.'"</ thro every step of the journey. 
Si. mi , Tiistiani -'liuiidy, til. 27. 
-Syn. 1. Si<tiiiu**;<i,,, ,-te. (v.- ., /*/.. > 
compliancy (kgm-pli'iin-si), . Hume us 
plianae. 
His whole bearing In-tokened compliancy. 
rtttk, Kssays. 
Compliant (koin-pli'ant), ii. itnd ;/. |< I'niiiiili/ cl 
+ -nut 1 .] I. it. 1. Yielding; bfiiding; pliant. 
lln ,,./. .01' '">llgll8. Milli'H, I'. I.., iv. SB. 
2. Yielding to request or desire; ready to ac- 
commodate; consenting; obliging. 
Til sll.'W ll'IW '-l-l, I {Jilt III he was In the hlllllnllrs nf the 
pi ill. . - />>. l',inn'-l, HlM. Kefnnn.lti'in, an. 1509. 
civil to all, f ii,M,.i;,i,,i and polite. 
Crablx, Tale* of the Hall. 
Il.t n. A compiler. [Rare.] 
It [the Liturgy] being a compliant with the Papists In a 
great part nf their service. Fuller, Ch. Hist., X i 
compliantly (kom-pli'ant-li), adv. In a com- 
pliant or yielding manner. 
complicacy (kom'pli-ka-si), . [< mmiilii'ii(ti') 
+ -ry.] The state of being complex or intri- 
cate. Mitfiinl. [Rare.] 
complicalis (kom-pli-ka'lis), a. used as n. ; pi. 
I'oHililii'iili-x (-lex). [NL., < LL. complex (com- 
/''-), closely connected, < L. complicare, fold 
together: see coiiiplirnti', v.] Same as com- 
///< .r ii.t'l. COUCH iiml Hit nil-. 
complicant (kom'pli-kant), a. [< L. compli- 
can(t-)n, cojilifan(t-)s, ppr. of complicare. con- 
plicare, fold together: see complicate.] In en- 
linn., lying one partly over another: applied to 
elytra ami wings. 
complicate (kom'pli-kat), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
complicated, ppr. complicating. [< L. compli- 
cate, pp. of anuplicare, conplicare (> It. com- 
plicare = Sp. Pg. Pr. complicar = F. contpli- 
quer), fold together, < com-, together. + plicarc, 
fold, weave, Knit: see plaid, and cf. complex.] 
1 . To render complex or intricate ; fold or twist 
together ; entangle ; intertwine ; interweave ; 
involve : as, to complicate matters, he was sud- 
denly taken ill. 
In case our offence against God hath been complicated 
with injury to men, we should make restitution. 
Nor can hi* complicated sinews fall. 
Young, Paraphrase of Joh. 
The conscientious sensitiveness of England to the hor- 
rors of civil conflict has been prevented from complicating 
a domestic with a foreign war. 
LovxU, study Windows, p. 155. 
2. To form by combination of parts or elements ; 
combine; compound. [Rare.] 
A man, an army, the universe, are complicated of vari- 
ous simple Ideas. Locke. 
complicate (kom'pli-kat), a. [= Sp. Pg. com- 
plicado = It. complicaio, < L. complicatus, pp. : 
see the verb.] 1. Composed of interconnected 
parts; complex. 
How complicate, how wonderful is mall. 
Viniii'i, Night Thoughts, i. 
A* a more refined and complicate art, it [painting] re- 
quires a higher culture. 
C. K. Norton, Church-building hi Middle Ages, p. 141. 
2. Intricate; involved. 
Though the particular actions of war are complicate In 
fact, yet they are separate and distinct In right. 
Bacon, War with Spain. 
3. In bot., folded upon itself : as, a complicate 
embryo: same as conduplicate. 4. In entom., 
folded longitudinally once or several times, as 
the wings of wasps, the posterior wings of grass- 
hoppera, etc. 
complicated (kom'pli-ka-ted), p. a. [< compli- 
cate + -ed?.] 1. Composed of interconnected 
parts ; not simple ; complex ; complicate. 
Thick-swarming now 
With complicated monsters, head and tail. 
Hilton, P. L., x. 523. 
Complicated principle of action. 
Addition, Spectator, No. 55. 
In proportion as a government is free, It must be com- 
plicated. Simplicity belongs to those only where one will 
governs all ; where one mind directs, and all others obey. 
Story, Misc. Writings, p. 619. 
2. Consisting of many parts or particulars not 
easily separable in thought : difficult to analyze 
or separate into its parts; hard to understand, 
explain, etc.; involved; intricate; confused. 
It is easier to conceive than describe the complicated 
sensations which are felt from the pain of a recent injury, 
and the pleasure of approaching vengeance. 
Ooldtmith, Vicar, xv. 
= Syn. Complex, etc. See intricate. 
complicatedness(kom'pli-ka-ted-nes), n. The 
state of being folded together; complexness. 
Bailey. 
compliment 
complicately (kom'pli-k$t-U i, <"'< In a rom- 
]ili-\ niiinni-r. ./. /{;/, . 
complicateness (koiii'pii-kiit-ni-*), n. Tin- 
state of IMMHIT ''iiM)ili"-iili-il; involution; intri- 
cacy. 
I M M > ,. i 1 I I - full nf Mllnllvldeil I, I lilt i I 'I I itV 
an. I ... . if Maiiklii.' 
complication (koni-pli-kii'siioii). ii. [= i>. 
/ilii'iiln = < i. iiiiii/ilii'iili'iii Dan. I i 
lHliliriltuiii m Sp. riiiiiiilii'iiriaii 
/iln-llrljil = It. I'mili'i IJ,. 
tln(n i, < \,.i'<inii>lii'iiri . pp. i-ini'/ilii'illiis, eoinpli- 
eati- : MM- I'lim/ilii'iili , r.J 1. A c-nnipl'-x cuinbiiia- 
tion or inlrii'utc Intermingling of things. ]iiirts. 
elements, etc.; i-specially, a pi>r]>li'\ing or in- 
congruous interim xtun- or nun lunation; ;i eon- 
fused eonipli'x or eoinpli'xitv: as, a comylim- 
tion of knots in a rope ; a WW///KV;/I. of ideas, 
diseases, or misfortunes; the complication of 
one's affairs with those of another. 
All the part* In complicatum roll. Jordan, Poem*. 
Hy admitting * compticatiim of Ideas, . . . the mind U 
. . . bewildered. H'nlli, Logic. 
2. That which renders complex, involved, or 
intricate; that which causes difficulty, entan- 
glement, or interference ; an involved and trou- 
blesome or embarrassing state of affairs. 
Cumjilirntinn . . . signifies th during the 
course of a duwase of some other nnVetlmi, m of some 
symptom or group of sym|itmn. imt usually oliserved, by 
vvhii-h iu progress I* more or lens * i inn-lv BMdlflfld. 
Mi'l. Hi' t., p. 479. 
3f. An entwining or infolding; an embrace. 
[Rare.] 
Sweet caresses, and natural hearty comjilicationi ami m 
il. :n MM ni - Jrr. Taylor, Work* (ed. 183&), I. 862. 
4. In entom., the manner in which an insect 
folds its wings when at rest. 0. In Wo/., a 
process the reverse of growth or development, 
by which the heterogeneous tends toward homo- 
geneity. = 8yn. ComplifnUi'ii, I'timiilexity. These words 
are rarely used synonymously. l'mi,j t li>-niiini rmmminly 
implies entanglement resulting either in difficulty of com- 
prehension or In embarrassment ; complexity, the multi- 
plicity and not easily recognized relation of part* : as, busi- 
ness complication*; l\u-enmplezit<iot amaehlne; the com- 
plexity of a question of duty. See intricate. 
At the treasury there was a complication of jealousies 
and quarrels. Hacaulati, Hist F.ng., xi. 
Organic phenomena make us familiar with complexity 
of causation. U. Spencer, Study of Soclol., p. 323. 
complicative (kom'pli-ka-tiv), a. [< compli- 
cate + -ive.] Tending or adapted to complicate 
or involve; producing complication, 
complicet (kom'plis), n. [< F. complice = 8p. 
complice = Pg. It. complice, < LL. complex (com- 
plie-), confederate, participant, <L. complicare, 
fold together, involve: see complicate, v., com- 
plex, a., and cf. accomplice.] An accomplice. 
And so to Armes, victorious Father, 
To quell the Rebels, and their CnmpHctn. 
Shak., 2 Hen. VI., v. 1 (1623). 
The delivery 
Of this sednctor and his complices. 
MaMtinger, Believe a* you List, HI. 3. 
complicitous (kom-plis'i-tus), a. [< complicity 
+ -OK*.] Guilty of complicity ; tending to in- 
volve. [Rare.] 
Whatever a man's liver says next day, it is a remarkably 
complicitotu witness. W. II. Ruttfll, Diary in India, 1. 185. 
complicity (kom-plis'i-ti), n. [< F. complicity 
(= Sp. complic'idad = P'g. complicidade = It. com- 
plicita), < ML. *complicita(t-), < LL. complex 
(complic-), participant: see complice.] The 
state of being an accomplice ; partnership in 
wrong-doing or in an objectionable act: usu- 
ally followed by vith before the person and in 
before the thing: as, complicity teith a crimi- 
nal, or in a criminal act. 
Complicity, a consenting or partnership in eviL Mount. 
The charge, however, of complicity in the designs of his 
patron was never openly repelled. 
//attain, Middle Ages, vlll. 
Dennis charged Steele with tacit complicity in this piece 
of bad taste. -I. Dobinn, Int to Steele, p. xl. 
compliet, n. An obsolete form of complin. 
compiler (kom-pli'er), n. One who complies, 
yields, or obeys ; a person of ready compliance. 
Stcift. 
compliment (kom'pli-ment), n. [Formerly 
spelled complement, after "the orig. L. comple- 
tnentum (see complement) ; = D. G. Dan. Sw. kom- 
pliment, < F. (oiw/>Kiwen( = Pr. complimen= Sp. 
complimiento =r Pg. comprimento, ciimprimcnto, 
< It. complimento, compliment: the same as 
complement, with mod. sense, resting on It. com- 
)>lirc, fill up, fulfil, suit, compliment (cf. cow- 
/><', finish, complete), < L. complementum, that 
which fills or completes, < complere, fill up : see 
