Part 2192

<h1>Complexionary</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*plex"ion*a*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it.</def>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Complexioned</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*plex"ioned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition; <as>as, a dark-<ex>complexioned</ex> or a ruddy-<ex>complexioned</ex> person</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A flower is the best-<b>complexioned</b> grass, as a pearl is the best-colored clay. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Complexity</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*plex"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Complexities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>complexit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.</def>

<blockquote>The objects of society are of the greatest possible <b>complexity</b>. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is complex; intricacy; complication.</def>

<blockquote>Many-corridored <b>complexities</b> Of Arthur's palace. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Complexly</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com"plex`ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a complex manner; not simply.</def>

<h1>Complexness</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com"plex`ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being complex; complexity.</def>

<i>A. Smith.</i>

<h1>Complexus</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*plex"us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., an embracing.]</ety> <def>A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication.</def>

<h1>Compliable</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*pli"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.</def>

<blockquote>Another <b>compliable</b> mind. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Jews . . . had made their religion <b>compliable</b>, and accemodated to their passions. <i>Jortin.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Compliance</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*pli"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Comply</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.</def>

<blockquote>What <b>compliances</b> will remove dissension? <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Ready <b>compliance</b> with the wishes of his people. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.</def>

<blockquote>A man of few words and of great <b>compliance</b>. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>