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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To compliment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Complemental</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com`ple*men"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing.</def> "<i>Complemental</i> ceremony."

<i>Prynne.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Complimentary; courteous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<cs><col>Complemental air</col> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld>, <cd>the air (averaging 100 cubic inches) which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration.</cd> -- <col>Complemental males</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Com`ple*men"ta"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving to fill out or to complete; <as>as, <ex>complementary</ex> numbers</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Complementary colors</col>. <cd>See under <er>Color</er>.</cd> -- <col>Complementary angles</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>two angles whose sum is 90\'f8.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Com`ple*men"ta*ry</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Complimentary</er>.]</ety> <def>One skilled in compliments.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Complete</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com"plete"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>completus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>complere</ets> to fill. See <er>Full</er>, <tt>a.</tt>, and cf. <er>Comply</er>, <er>Compline</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficienty; entire; perfect; consummate.</def> "<i>Complete</i> perfections."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Ye are <b>complete</b> in him. <i>Col. ii. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That thou, dead corse, again in <b>complete</b> steel Revesit'st thus the glimpses of the moon. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Finished; ended; concluded; completed; <as>as, the edifice is <ex>complete</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>This course of vanity almost <b>complete</b>. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Whole</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Com*plete"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Completed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Completing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; <as>as, to <ex>complete</ex> a task, or a poem; to <ex>complete</ex> a course of education.</as></def>

<blockquote>Bred only and <b>completed</b> to the taste Of lustful appetence. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And, to <b>complete</b> her bliss, a fool for mate. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To perform; execute; terminate; conclude; finish; end; fill up; achieve; realize; effect; consummate; accomplish; effectuate; fulfill; bring to pass.</syn>