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<hw>Com"plex</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>complexus</ets>]</ety> <def>Assemblage of related things; colletion; complication.</def>

<blockquote>This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole <b>complex</b> of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Complex of lines</col> <fld>(Geom.)</fld>, <cd>all the possible straight lines in space being considered, the entire system of lines which satisfy a single relation constitute a <i>complex<i>; as, all the lines which meet a given curve make up a <i>complex<i>. The lines which satisfy two relations constitute a <i>congruency<i> of lines; as, the entire system of lines, each one of which meets two given surfaces, is a <i>congruency<i>.</cd></cs>

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<h1>Complexed</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*plexed"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Complex, complicated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Complexed</i> significations."

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Complexedness</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*plex"ed*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>complexedness</b> of these moral ideas. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Complexion</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*plex"ion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>complexion</ets>, fr. L. <ets>complexio</ets>. See <er>Complex</er>, a.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being complex; complexity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is proprly called a simple syllogism, since the <b>complexion</b> does not belong to the syllogistic form of it. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A combination; a complex.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>This paragraph is . . . a <b>complexion</b> of sophisms. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>If his <b>complexion</b> incline him to melancholy. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It is the <b>complexion</b> of them all to leave the dam. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.</def>

<blockquote>Tall was her stature, her <b>complexion</b> dark. <i>Wordswoorth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Between the pale <b>complexion</b> of true love, And the red glow of scron and proud disdain. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The general appearance or aspect; <as>as, the <ex>complexion</ex> of the sky; the <ex>complexion</ex> of the news.</as></def>

<h1>Complexional</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*plex"ion*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion.</def>

<blockquote>A moral rather than a <b>complexional</b> timidity. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Complexionally</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*plex"ion*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Constitutionally.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Though corruptible, not <b>complexionally</b> vicious. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>