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Com"ple*ment (?), v. t. 1. To supply a lack; to supplement. [R.]

2. To compliment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Com`ple*men"tal (?), a. 1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "Complemental ceremony." Prynne.

2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] 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 (Zo÷l.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.

Com`ple*men"ta*ry (?), a. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.

Complementary colors. See under Color. -- Complementary angles (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90░.

Com`ple*men"ta*ry, n. [See Complimentary.] One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Com*plete" (?), a. [L. completus, p. p. of complere to fill up; com- + plere to fill. See Full, a., and cf. 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. (Bot.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.

Syn. -- See Whole.

Com*plete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Completed; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.

Com*plete"ly, adv. In a complete manner; fully.

Com*plete"ment (?), n. Act of completing or perfecting; completion. [Obs.] Dryden.

Com*plete"ness, n. The state of being complete.

Com*ple"tion (?), n. [L. 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.

Com*ple"tive (?), a. [L. completivus: cf. F. complÚtif.] Making complete. [R.] J. Harris.

Com*ple"to*ry (?), a. Serving to fulfill.