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Show Fr n f a p o [ ad N A I L M C which we do to God; and not an exercife to fpen the time, when one doth wait for another coming till the affembly of them that fhall afterward Hooker worthip him be complete And ye are complete in him which is the hea Coloffiansy ii, 10 of all principality and power Civil ; defirous to pleafe There are to whom my fatire feems tao bold Scarce to wife Peter complaifant enough And fomething faid of Chartres much too roupgh ope Comprarsa'NTLY. adv, [from complaiJant.] Civilly ; with defire to pleafe ceremonioufly In plenty ftarving, tantaliz'd in flate And complaifantly help'd to all I hate Then marvel not, thou greatand complete man That all the Greeks begin to worfhip Ajax. Shak 2, Complete, having no degrees properly admit more and mof? CoMPLATISA'NTNESS. 7. /o [from complaiDia Jant.] Civility ; compliance T CoMPLA'NATE. | v. a. [from planus Lat.] To level ; t 9o CompLA'NE reduce to a flat and even furface nec of th an back-bon be neceflary to make it more complete 3. Finifhed 7o ComPLE'TE principa limb o parts as a complemen which fully perfecteth whatfoever may be defectiv Hooker in the reft They as they feafted had their fill For a full complement of all their ill. Hubberd's Tale complete. [fro Blackmore Whatever perfon would afpire to be completel witty, fmart, humorous, and polite, muft be able t retain in his memor tained in this work every fingle fentence conSavift greateft fobriety, chattity, and merey Clarendon The fenfible nature, in its complement and integ Allow me to give you, from the beft authors, th origin, the antiquity, the growth, the change, an the completement of fatire among the Romans 2. Complete fet ; complete provifion ; th full quantity or number The god of love himfelf inhabits there ‘With all his rage, and dread, and grief, and care His complement of fores, and total war Prior 3. Adlcititious circumftances ; appendages ; parts not neceflary, but ornamental : whence ceremony was called compleanent, now corrupted to compliment If the cafe permitteth not baptifin to have th decent complements of baptifim, better it were to en Joy the body without his furniture, than to wait fo this, till the opportunity of that, for which we defire it, be loft Hooker Thefe, which have laftly fprung up, for comple ments, rites, and ceremonies o are, in truth, for the greatef church aétions part, fuch fill things, that very eafinefs doth make them hard t be difpute of in ferious manner Haoker A doleful cafe defires a doleful fong Without vain art or curious complements Spenfer Garnifh'd and deck'd in modeft complement Not working with the ear, but with the eye. Shak 4 [In geometry.] What remains of quadrant of a circle, or of ninety degrees, after any certain arch hath bee retrenched from it 5. [In aftronomy.] The diftance of ftar from the zenith 6. CoMPLEMENT of the curtain, in fortification, that part in the interiour fid of it which makes the demigorge 7+ Arithmetical COMPLEMENT of@ Logavithm, is what th 10,000,000 COMPLETE adj logarithm want o Chambers. [completus, Latin. 1. Perfeét; full; having no deficiencies With us the reading of feripture is a part of ou ehurch liturgy, a fpecial portion of the fervic Yoz, L Fro the complexednefs of thefe mora ideas there follows another inconvenience, that the min cannot eafily retain thofe precife combinations Locke ComrLE'x10N, 7. /. [complexio, Latin. 1. The inclofure or involution of one thin in another Though the terms of propofitions may be complex, yet where the compofition of the argumen is plain, fimple, and regular, it is properly called fimple fyllegifm, fince the complexion does not-belong to the fyllogiftick form of it Waits 2. The colour of the external parts of an body ried mankind, fo curfes all Eve's daughters, of wha CoMPLE'TEMENT. 7. /. [from completement, French.] The aét of completing xity, hath five exterior powers or faculties Hale's Origin of Mankind nature Pape Fow a complement of thefe bleffings, they wer enjoyed by the prote€tion of a king of the mof harmlefs difpofition, the moft exemplary piety, th riety to fimplicity ; compound ftate o To town he comes, completes the natjon's hope And heads the bold train'd-bands, and burns a pope Milton Then tell us, how ycu can your bodies rol Through fpace, of matter o completely full ticular parts in one integral; contra Men judge by the complexion of the fk The ftate and inclination of the day Shakefpeare's Richard 1 ‘What fee you in thofe papers, that you lof So much complexion Shakefpeare's Henry V He fo takes on yonder, fo rails againft all mar ComrLE TELY. adv Fully ; perfeétly Our cuftom is both to place it in the front o eur prayers as a guide, and to add itin the end o fom @. a. [from the noun. Of luftful appetence ComrLE'aT. See COMPLETE. Co'MPLEMENT. «. /. [complementum, La pletement Prior Mr. Sanderfon was completed mafter of arts Walton Bred only and completed to the taft Derbam 1. Perfe@ion; fulnefs; completion ; com concluded To perfeét; to finifh ar tin ended Savift This courfe of vanity almoft complete, Tir'd in the field of life, I hope retreat made fhort and compluanated, and firmly braced wit mufcles canno If any difpofition fhould appear towards fo goo a work, the affiftance of the legiflative power woul - Treated, carefs'd, and tir'd, I take my leave. Poge The vertebra Co coM cCoO Dryden's Dedication to Fuwenal CoMPLE TENESS. # /. [from complete. Perfe@tion ; the ftate of being complete I cannot allow their wifdom fuch a completencf and inerrability as to exclude myfelf K. Charles Thefe parts go to make up the completencfs of an fubje& Watts's Logick CoMPLETION 7. /. [from complete. 1. Accomplifhment act of fulfilling; ftat _of being fulfilled There was a full entire harmony and confent o all the divine predi¢tions, receiving their completio in Chrift South 2. Utmoft height; perfe&t ftate He makes it the utmoft completion of an ill charater to bear a malevolence to the beft men. Pope CO'MPLEX. ) adj. [complexus, Latin. CoMPLE'XED Compofite ; of man parts; not fimple; including many particulars To exprefs complexed fignifications, they took liberty to compound and piece together creatures o allowable forms into mixtures inexiftent Browwn Ideas made up of feveral fimple ones, I call complex5 fuch as beauty gratitude a man the uni verfe; which, though complicated of various impleideas, or complex ideas made up of fimple ones yet are confidered each by itfelf as one Locke A fecondar effential mode calle a property fometimes goes toward making up the eflence o a complex being Watts With fuch perfeftion fram' Is this complex frupendous fcheme of things Thomfon's Spring Co'mprEex. #. /. [ from th Complication; colletion adjettive. This parable of the wedding fupper comprehend in it the whole complex of all the bleflings and pri vileges exhibited by the gofpel CoMPLE'XEDNESS 7. South's Sermons [from complex. Complication ; involution of many par complexion foever Shakefpeare Why doth not beauty then refine the wit And good complexion re€tify the will Davies Nicenefs, though it renders them infignificant t great purpofes, yet it polithes their complexion, an makes their fpirits feem more vigorous Collier on Pride IfI write o eminen a black man I run over all th perfons of that complexion. Addifor's Speét 3. The temperature of the body, accord ing to the various proportions of the fou medical humours *Tis ill, though different your complexions are The family of heav'n for men fhould war Dryden's Fables For from all tempers he could fervice draw The worth of each, with its allay, he knew And, as the confident of nature, fa How fhe complexions did divide and brew. Dryden The methods of providence, men of this complexion muft be unfit for the contemplation of Burnet's Theory of the Earth Let melancholy rule fupreme Choler prefide, or blood, or phlegm It makes no diff 'rence in the cafe Nor is complexion honour's place Swwift CoMPLE'XIONAL. adj. [from complexion. Depending on the complexion or tem perament of the body Me and other animals receive different tinc tures from complexional effiorefcencies, an defcen ftill lower as they partake of the fuliginous and denigrating humours Brown Ignorance, where it proceeds from early or complexional prejudices, will not wholly exclude fro favour of God Fiddes CoMPLE'XIONALLY adwv plexion.] By complexion [fro com= An Indian king fent unto Alexander a fair woman, fed with poifons, either by converfe or co pulation complexionally to deftroy him Brown's Vulgar Ervours Compre'xLy. adv. [from complex.] I a complex manner; not fimply CoMPLE'XNESS. #z. /i [from complex. The ftate of being complex CoMPLE'XURE. 7./ [from complex.] Th involution or complication of one thin with others Comrri'ancE. n £ [from comply. I. The a&t of yielding to any. defire demand accord; fubmiffion I am far from excufing that compliance, for ple nary confent it was not, to his deftruction King Charles 3 W |