Part 2190

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<hw>Com*plete"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a complete manner; fully.</def>

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<hw>Com*plete"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Act of completing or perfecting; completion.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>Com*plete"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being complete.</def>

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<hw>Com*ple"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>completio</ets> a filling, a fulfillment.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; <as>as, the <ex>completion</ex> of an undertaking, an education, a service</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>completion</b> of some repairs. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization.</def>

<blockquote>Predictions receiving their <b>completion</b> in Christ. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Com*ple"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>completivus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>compl<?/tif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Making complete.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>J. Harris.</i>

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<hw>Com*ple"to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Serving to fulfill.</def>

<blockquote><b>Completory</b> of ancient presignifications. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Com"ple*to"ry</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>completorium</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Compline</er>.</def>

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<hw>Com"plex</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>complexus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>complecti</ets> to entwine around, comprise; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>plectere</ets> to twist, akin to <ets>plicare</ets> to fold. See <er>Plait</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; <as>as, a <ex>complex</ex> being; a <ex>complex</ex> idea.</as></def>

<blockquote>Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call <b>complex</b>; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.</def>

<blockquote>When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and <b>complex</b>. <i>Whewell.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Complex fraction</col>. <cd>See <er>Fraction</er>.</cd> -- <col>Complex number</col> <fld>(Math.)</fld>, <cd>in the theory of numbers, an expression of the form <mathex>a + b&root;-1</mathex>, when <it>a<it> and <it>b<it> are ordinary integers.</cd></cs>

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

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