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To COM'PLTMENT, v.a. To footh with a£ls or ex- 
prefiions of refpecl ; to flatter; to praife.---It was not to 
compliment a fociety, To much above flattery, and the re- 
gardleis air of common applaufes. Glanville. - 
Monarchs fiiould their inward foul difguife, 
Diffemble and command, be fall'e and wife; 
By ignominious arts, for fervile ends, 
Should compliment their foes, and Ihun their friends-. Prior. 
To COMTLIMENT, v. it. To ufe ceremonious or 
adulatory language.—I make the interlocutors upon oc- 
cafion compliment with one another. Boyle.—She compli¬ 
ments Menelaus very handfomely, and fays he wanted no 
accomplifhment either of mind or body. Pope. 
COMPLIMEN'TAL, adj. Exprefllve of refpe£l or ci¬ 
vility ; implying compliments.—Languages, for the molt 
part, in terms of art and erudition, retain their original 
poverty, and rather grow rich and abundant in compli- 
inental phrales, and fuch froth. Wotton. 
COMPLIMEN'TALLY, adv. In the nature of a com¬ 
pliment; civilly; with artful or falfe civility.—This 
fpeech has been condemned as avaricious : Euftathius 
judges it fpoken artfully and compliment ally. Broome. 
COMPLIMEN'TER, f. One given to compliments; 
a flatterer. 
COM'PLINE, f. [compline, Fr. completinum, low Lat.] 
The lall a£t of worfhip at night, by which the fervice of 
the day is completed.—If a man were but of a day's life, 
it is well if he lafts till even long, and then fays his com~ 
pline an hour before the time. Taylor. 
At morn and eve, befides their anthems fweet, 
Their peny maffes and their complines meet. Hubberd. 
To COMPLO'RE, v. n. [comploro, Lat.] To make la¬ 
mentation together. 
COMPLOT', /. [Fr. from completion, for complexion, 
low Latin. Menage .] A confederacy in fome fecret crime; 
a plot; a confpiracy.—I know their complot is to have my 
life. Skakefpeare. 
I cannot, my life, my brother, like but well 
The purpofe of the complot which ye tell. Hubberd . 
To COMPLOT', ns. a. To form a plot; to confpire ; 
to join in any fecret defign, generally criminal.—A few 
lines after, we find them complotting together, and con¬ 
triving a new fcene of miferies to the Trojans. Pope. 
Nor ever by advifed purpofe meet 
To plot, contrive, or complot any ill. Shaltefpcare. 
COMPLOT'TER, f. A confpirator; one joined in a 
plot: 
Jocafta, too, no longer now my After, 
Is found complotter in the horrid deed. Dryden. 
To COMPLY ',v.n. [Skinner derives it from the French 
complaire-, but probably it came from compiler , to bend to. 
Flier is ftill in ufe.] To yield to ; to be obfequious to ; to 
accord with ; to fuit with. It has with before as well per¬ 
sons as things.—The truth of things will not comply with 
our conceits, and bend itlelf to our intereft. Tillotfon . 
The rifing fun complies 'with our weak fight, 
Firft gilds the clouds, then lliews his globe of light. 
Waller. 
He made his wifti with his eftate comply ; 
Joyful to live, yet not afraid to die. Prior. 
COM'POLI, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, and province of Lavora: four miles call of Sora. 
COMPO'NENT, adj. [componens, Lat.] That which 
conftitutes a compound body.—The bignefs of the com¬ 
ponent parts of natural bodies may be conjeftured by their 
colours. Newton. 
To COMPO'RT, v. n. [comforter, Fr. from porto, Lat.] 
To agree; to fuit: followed by with. —It is not every 
man’s talent to diftinguilh aright how far our prudence 
C O M 
may warrant our charity, and how far our charity may 
comport with our prudence. UEJlrange. 
Some piety’s not good there, fome vain difport 
On this fide fin, with that place may comport. Donne, 
To COMPO'RT, as. a. To bear; to endure. This is 3 . 
Gallic fignification, not adopted among us: 
The maleconted fort, 
That never can the prefent ftate comport, 
But would as often change as they change will. Daniel . 
To behave ; to carry: with the reciprocal pronoun_-At 
years of difcretion, and comport yourfelf at this rantipole 
rate! Congreve. 
COMPO'RT,/ Behaviour; conduft; manner of ail¬ 
ing and looking.—I fhail account concerning the rules 
and manners of deportment in the receiving, our comport 
and converfation in and after it. Taylor. 
I know them well, and mark’d their rude comport ; 
In times of tempeft they command alone, 
And he but fits precarious on the throne. Dryden . 
COMPO'RTABLE, adj. Confident; not contradic¬ 
tory.—We call the rules and cautions of this art into 
lome .comfortable method. Wotton. 
COMPORT'ANCE,/ Behaviour; gefture of ceremony; 
Goodly comportance each to other bear, 
And entertain themfelves with court'fies meet. Spenfer. 
COMPORT'MENT,/ Behaviour; praftice.—The will 
of God is like a ftraight unalterable rule or line; but the 
various comportments of the creature, either thwarting this 
rule, or holding conformity to it, occaflon feveral habi¬ 
tudes of this rule. Hale. 
To COMPO'SE, v.a. [compo/er, Fr. compono, Lat.] To 
form a mafs by joining different tilings together.—Zeal 
ought to be compofed of the liigheft degrees of all pious 
affeftions. Spratt. —To place any thing in its proper 
form and method.—How doth the fea exaftly compofe it- 
felf to a level fuperficies, and with the earth make up one 
fpherical roundnefs. Ray. —To difpofe; to put in the pro¬ 
per ftate for any purpofe.—The whole army feemed well 
compofed to obtain that by their fwords, which they could 
not by their pen. Clarendon. —To put together a difeourfe 
orfer.tence; to write as an author.—The greateft con¬ 
queror in this nation, after the manner of the old Grecian 
Lyrics, did not only compofe the words of his divine odes, 
but generally fet them to mufic himfelf. Addifon. —To 
conlfitute by being parts of a whole.—A few ufeful things, 
confounded with many trifles, fill their memories, and 
compofe their intelleftual poffeflions. Watts. 
Nor did Ifrael ’fcape 
Tli’ infe&ion, when their borrow’d gold compos'd 
The calf in Oreb. Milton. 
To calm ; to quiet.—He would undertake the journey with 
him, by which all his fears would b e compofed. Clarendon. 
Compofe thy mind ; 
Nor frauds are here contriv’d, nor force defign’d. 
Dryden. 
To adjuft the mind to any bufinefs, by freeing it from 
difturbance.—The mind, being thus difquieted, may not 
be able eafily to compofe and fettle itfelf to prayer. Dsippa, 
—To adjuft; to fettle : as, to compofe a difference. [With 
printers.] To arrange the letters; to put the types in 
order in the compoling-llick. [In mufic.] To form a 
tune from the different mulical notes. 
COMPO'SED, part. adj. Calm; ferious; even ; fedate. 
—In Spain, there is fomething ferious and compofed in the 
manner of the inhabitants. Addifon. 
The Mantuan there in fober triumph fate, 
Compos'd his pollute, and his look iedate. Pope. 
COMPO'SEDLY, adv. Calmly; ferioufly; fedately.—- 
A man was walking before the door very compofedly with¬ 
out a hat. One crying, Here is the fellow that killed the 
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