Part 2194

<h1>Complication</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com`pli*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>compliasion</ets>: cf. F. <ets>complication</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entaglement; complexity.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>complication</b> of diseases. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Through and beyond these dark <b>complications</b> of the present, the New England founders looked to the great necessities of future times. <i>Palfrey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.</def>

<h1>Complice</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com"plice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Complices</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>complex</ets>, <ets>-plicis</ets>, closely connected with one, confederate. See <er>Complicate</er>, and cf. <er>Accomplice</er>.]</ety> <def>An accomplice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To quell the rebels and their <b>complices</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Complicity</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*plic"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Complicities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>complicit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.</def>

<h1>Complier</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com*pli"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yieldy temper.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Compliment</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com"pli*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>compliment</ets>. It <ets>complimento</ets>, fr. <ets>comlire</ets> to compliment, finish, suit, fr. L. <ets>complere</ets> to fill up. See <er>Complete</er>, and cf. <er>Complement</er>.]</ety> <def>An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; <as>as, to send one's <ex>compliments</ex> to a friend</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow <b>compliments</b> and lies. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Many a <b>compliment</b> politely penned. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To make one a compliment</col>, <cd>to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way.</cd><i>Locke.</i>

-- <col>To make one's compliments to</col>, <cd>to offer formal courtesias to.</cd> -- <col>To stand on compliment</col>, <cd>to treat with ceremony.</cs>

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

<h1>Compliment</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com"pli*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to.</def>

<blockquote>Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . . Should <b>compliment</b> their foes and shun their friends. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To praise; flatter; adulate; commend.</syn>

<h1>Compliment</h1> <Xpage=291>

<hw>Com"pli*ment</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect.</def>

<blockquote>I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, <b>compliment</b> with one another. <i>Boyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Complimental</h1> <Xpage=291>