Part 405

Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious. Burke.

Com*plex"ion*a*ry (?), a. Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it. Jer. Taylor.

Com*plex"ioned (k&obreve;m*pl&ebreve;k"shŭnd), a. 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.

Com*plex"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Complexities (#). [Cf. F. complexitÚ.] 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.

Com"plex`ly (?), adv. In a complex manner; not simply.

Com"plex`ness, n. The state of being complex; complexity. A. Smith.

||Com*plex"us (?), n. [L., an embracing.] A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication.

Com*pli"a*ble (?), a. 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.

Com*pli"ance (?), n. [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.

Com*pli"an*cy (?), n. Compliance; disposition to yield to others. Goldsmith.

Com*pli"ant (?), a. Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive. "The compliant boughs." Milton.

Com*pli"ant*ly, adv. In a compliant manner.

Com"pli*ca*cy (?), n. A state of being complicate or intricate. Mitford.

Com"pli*cant (?), a. [L. complicans, p. pr.] (Zo÷l.) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.

Com"pli*cate (?), a. [L. complicatus, p. p. 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. (Bot.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.