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Com`pli*men"ta*tive (?), a. Complimentary. [R.] Boswell.

Com"pli*ment`er (?), n. One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer.

{ Com"pline, Com"plin } (?), n. [From OE. complie, OF. complie, F. complies, pl., fr. LL. completa (prop. fem. of L. 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.

Com"plot (?), n. [F. complot, prob. for comploit, fr.L. complicitum, prop. p. p. of complicare, but equiv. to complicatio complication, entangling. See Complicate, and cf. Plot.] A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.

I know their complot is to have my life. Shak.

Com*plot" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Complotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Complotting.] [Cf. F. comploter, fr. 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.

Com*plot"ment (?), n. A plotting together. [R.]

Com*plot"ter (?), n. One joined in a plot. Dryden.

Com`plu*ten"sian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.

||Com*plu"vi*um (?), n. [L.] (Arch.) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.

Com*ply" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Complied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Complying.] [Perh. formed fr. compliment, influenced by ply, pliant, which are of different origin: cf. It. 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. [Obs.] Shak.

Com*ply", v. t. [See comply, v. i.] 1. To fulfill; to accomplish. [Obs.] Chapman.

2. [Cf. L. complicare to fold up. See Ply.] To infold; to embrace. [Obs.]

Seemed to comply, Cloudlike, the daintie deitie. Herrick.

Com*pone" (-pōn"), v. t. [L. componere. See Compound.] To compose; to settle; to arrange. [Obs.]

A good pretense for componing peace. Strype.

||Com*po"ne (k&obreve;m*pō"n&asl;), a. [F.] See Compony.

Com*po"nent (k&obreve;m*pō"nent), a. [L. componens, p. pr. of componere. See Compound, v. t.] Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

The component parts of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton.

Com*po"nent, n. 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.

{ Com*po"ny (?), ||Com*po"nÚ (?) }, a. [F. componÚ.] (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.