a. [ L. ad + complere, completum, to fill up. ] Tending to accomplish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Complexioned. [ Low, New Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To supply a lack; to supplement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To compliment. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. complementun: cf. F. complément. See Complete, v. t., and cf. Compliment. ] 1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole. [ 1913 Webster ]

History is the complement of poetry. Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness. [ 1913 Webster ]

To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Math.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Without vain art or curious complements. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) The whole working force of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mus.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A compliment. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arithmetical compliment of a logarithm. See under Logarithm. --
Arithmetical complement of a number (Math.), the difference between that number and the next higher power of 10; as, 4 is the complement of 6, and 16 of 84. --
Complement of an arc or
Complement of an angle (Geom.), the difference between that arc or angle and 90°. --
Complement of a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon. --
In her complement (Her.), said of the moon when represented as full. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. “Complemental ceremony.” Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Complimentary; courteous. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Complemental air (Physiol.), the air (averaging 100 cubic inches) which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration. --
Complemental males (Zool.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Complementary colors. See under Color. --
Complementary angles (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90°. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Complimentary. ] One skilled in compliments. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Linguistics) the grammatical relation of a word or phrase to a predicate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. completus, p. p. of complere to fill up; com- + plere to fill. See Full, a., and cf. Comply, Compline. ] 1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate. “Complete perfections.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye are complete in him. Col. ii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel
Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete. [ 1913 Webster ]

This course of vanity almost complete. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.

Syn. -- See Whole. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Completed; p. pr. & vb. n. Completing. ] To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bred only and completed to the taste
Of lustful appetence. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate. Pope.

Syn. -- To perform; execute; terminate; conclude; finish; end; fill up; achieve; realize; effect; consummate; accomplish; effectuate; fulfill; bring to pass. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. brought to a conclusion.
Syn. -- concluded, ended, over(predicate), all over, terminated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. successfully accomplished or achieved.
Syn. -- accomplished, effected, realized. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony; consummated; -- of a marriage. Opposite of unconsummated.
Syn. -- consummated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. (Football) caught in bounds by a player on the same side as the passer; -- said of a forward pass; as, Simms had six completed passes out of seven tries in the game.. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a complete manner; fully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of completing or perfecting; completion. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being complete. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. serving to complete.
Syn. -- complemental, complementary, supplemental, supplementary. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. completio a filling, a fulfillment. ] 1. The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service. [ 1913 Webster ]

The completion of some repairs. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization. [ 1913 Webster ]

Predictions receiving their completion in Christ. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. completivus: cf. F. complétif. ] Making complete. [ R. ] J. Harris. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to fulfill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Completory of ancient presignifications. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. completorium. ] (Eccl.) Same as Compline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. complexus, p. p. of complecti to entwine around, comprise; com- + plectere to twist, akin to plicare to fold. See Plait, n. ] 1. Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Involving many parts; complicated; intricate. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Complex fraction. See Fraction. --
Complex number (Math.), in the theory of numbers, an expression of the form a + b√-1, when a and b are ordinary integers.

Syn. -- See Intricate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. complexus ] Assemblage of related things; collection; complication. [ 1913 Webster ]

This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Complex of lines (Geom.), all the possible straight lines in space being considered, the entire system of lines which satisfy a single relation constitute a complex; as, all the lines which meet a given curve make up a complex. The lines which satisfy two relations constitute a congruency of lines; as, the entire system of lines, each one of which meets two given surfaces, is a congruency. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Complex, complicated. [ Obs. ] “Complexed significations.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication. [ 1913 Webster ]

The complexedness of these moral ideas. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. complexion, fr. L. complexio. See Complex, a. ] 1. The state of being complex; complexity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is properly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A combination; a complex. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If his complexion incline him to melancholy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tall was her stature, her complexion dark. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Between the pale complexion of true love,
And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion. [ 1913 Webster ]

A moral rather than a complexional timidity. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Constitutionally. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition; as, a dark-complexioned or a ruddy-complexioned person. [ 1913 Webster ]

A flower is the best-complexioned grass, as a pearl is the best-colored clay. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Complexities [ Cf. F. complexité. ] 1. The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement. [ 1913 Webster ]

The objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is complex; intricacy; complication. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many-corridored complexities
Of Arthur's palace. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a complex manner; not simply. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being complex; complexity. A. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., an embracing. ] A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. de- (intens.) + complex. ] Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To change the complexion or hue of. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incompletus: cf. F. incomplet. See In- not, and Complete. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective. [ 1913 Webster ]

A most imperfect and incomplete divine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Wanting any of the usual floral organs; -- said of a flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incomplete equation (Alg.), an equation some of whose terms are wanting; or one in which the coefficient of some one or more of the powers of the unknown quantity is equal to 0. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an incomplete manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of completion; incompleteness. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + complex: cf. F. incomplexe. ] Not complex; uncompounded; simple. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of completion; failure to complete. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incomplete. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a mixture of water-soluble vitamins originally thought to be a single vitamin but now known to be a mixture of several compounds with vitaminic activity. Syn. -- B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]