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<hw>Com"plai*sant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>complaisant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>complaire</ets> to acquiesce as a favor, fr. L. <ets>complacere</ets>. See <er>Complacent</er>.]</ety> <def>Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; <as>as, a <ex>complaisant</ex> gentleman</as>.</def>

<blockquote>There are to whom my satire seems too bold: Scarce to wise Peter <b>complaisant</b> enough. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite; well-bred. See <er>Obliging</er>.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Com"plai*sant`ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Com"plai*sant`ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Complanar</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*pla"nar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Coplanar</er>.</def>

<h1>Complanate</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com"pla*nate</hw> <tt>(? &or; <?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>complanatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>complanare</ets> to make plane. See <er>Plane</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Flattened to a level surface.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Complanate</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com"pla*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make level.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Complected</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*plect"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Complexioned.</def> <mark>[Low, New Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Complement</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com"ple*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>complementun</ets>: cf. F. <ets>compl\'82ment</ets>. See <er>Complete</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Compliment</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.</def>

<blockquote>History is the <b>complement</b> of poetry. <i>Sir J. Stephen.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.</def>

<blockquote>To exceed his <b>complement</b> and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. <i>Hakluyt.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>A second quantity added to a given quantity to make equal to a third given quantity.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Without vain art or curious <b>complements</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The whole working force of a vessel.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the <i>complement</i> of the fifth, the sixth of the third.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>A compliment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Arithmetical compliment of a logarithm</col>. <cd>See under <er>Logarithm</er>.</cd> -- <col>Arithmetical complement of a number</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>the difference between that number and the next higher power of 10; as, 4 is the <i>complement<i> of 6, and 16 of 84.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Complement of an arc</col> &or; <col>angle</col></mcol> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>the difference between that arc or angle and 90&deg;.</cd> -- <col>Complement of a parallelogram</col>. <fld>(Math.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Gnomon</er>.</cd> -- <col>In her complement</col> <fld>(Her.)</fld>, <cd>said of the moon when represented as full.</cd></cs>

<h1>Complement</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com"ple*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To supply a lack; to supplement.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>