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2. (Med.) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.

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Com"plice (?) , n. ; pl. Complices (#) . [F., fr. L. complex , -plicis , closely connected with one, confederate. See Complicate , and cf. Accomplice .] An accomplice. [Obs.]

To quell the rebels and their complices . Shak.

Complicity <Xpage=291>

Com*plic"i*ty (?) , n. ; pl. Complicities (#) . [F. complicit\'82 .] The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.

Complier <Xpage=291>

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

Swift.

Compliment <Xpage=291>

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

Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies. Milton.

Many a compliment politely penned. Cowper.

To make one a compliment , to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way. Locke.

-- To make one's compliments to , to offer formal courtesias to. -- To stand on compliment , to treat with ceremony.

Syn. -- See Adulation .

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

Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . . Should compliment their foes and shun their friends. Prior.

Syn. -- To praise; flatter; adulate; commend.

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Com"pli*ment , v. i. To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect.

I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, compliment with one another. Boyle.

Complimental <Xpage=291>

Com`pli*men"tal (?) , a. Complimentary. [Obs.]

Languages . . . grow rich and abundant in complimental phrases, and such froth. Sir H. Wotton.

-- Com`pli*men"tal*ly , adv. [Obs.] Boyle. -- Com`pli*men"tal*ness , n. [Obs.] Hammond.

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Com`pli*men"ta*ry (?) , a. Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket. " Complimentary addresses."

Prescott.

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Com`pli*men"ta*tive (?) , a. Complimentary. [R.]

Boswell.

Complimenter <Xpage=291>

Com"pli*ment`er (?) , n. One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer.

Compline, Complin <Xpage=291>

Com"pline , Com"plin (?) , n. [From OE. complie , OF. complie , F. complies , pl., fr. LL. completa (prop. fem. of L. completus ) the religious exercise which completes and closes the service of the day. See Complete .] (Eccl.) The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset.

The custom of godly man been to shut up the evening with a compline of prayer at nine of the night. Hammond.

Complot <Xpage=291>

Com"plot (?) , n. [F. complot , prob. for comploit , fr.L. complicitum , prop. p. p. of complicare , but equiv. to complicatio complication, entangling. See Complicate , and cf. Plot .] A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.

I know their complot is to have my life. Shak.

Complot <Xpage=291>

Com*plot" (?) , v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Complotted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Complotting .] [Cf. F. comploter , fr. complot .] To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design.

We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scence of miseries to the Trojans. Pope.

Complotment <Xpage=291>

Com*plot"ment (?) , n. A plotting together. [R.]

Complotter <Xpage=291>

Com*plot"ter (?) , n. One joined in a plot.

Dryden.

Complutensian <Xpage=291>

Com`plu*ten"sian (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible .

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Com*plu"vi*um (?) , n. [L.] (Arch.) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.

Comply <Xpage=291>

Com*ply" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Complied (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Complying .] [Perh. formed fr. compliment , influenced by ply , pliant , which are of different origin: cf. It. complire to compliment, finish, suit. See Compliment , Complete .] 1. To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with .

Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply , Scandalous or forbidden in our law. Milton.

They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images. Tillotson.

He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion still. Hudibras.

2. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. [Obs.]

Shak.

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Com*ply" , v. t. [See comply , v. i. ] 1. To fulfill; to accomplish. [Obs.]

Chapman.

2. [Cf. L. complicare to fold up. See Ply .] To infold; to embrace. [Obs.]

Seemed to comply , Cloudlike, the daintie deitie. Herrick.

Compone <Xpage=291>

Com*pone" (?) , v. t. [L. componere . See Compound .] To compose; to settle; to arrange. [Obs.]

A good pretense for componing peace. Strype.

Compone <Xpage=291>

Com*po"ne (?) , a. [F.] See Compony .

Component <Xpage=291>

Com*po"nent (?) , a. [L. componens , p. pr. of componere . See Compound , v. t. ] Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.

The component parts of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton.

Component <Xpage=291>

Com*po"nent , n. A constituent part; an ingredient.

Component of force (Mech.) , a force which, acting conjointly with one or more forces, produces the effect of a single force or resultant; one of a number of forces into which a single force may be resolved.

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Com*po"ny (?) , Com*po"n\'82 (?) , a. [F. compon\'82.] (Her.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony .

Comport <Xpage=291>

Com*port" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Comported ; p. pr. & vb. n. Comporting .] [F. comporter , LL . comportare , fr.L. comportare to bring together; com- + portare to carry. See Port demeanor .] 1. To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury . [Obs.]

Barrow.

2. To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with .

How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. Beau. & Fl.

How their behavior herein comported with the institution. Locke.

Comport <Xpage=291>

Com*port" (?) , v. t. 1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.]

The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport . Daniel.

2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.

Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself. Burke.

Comport <Xpage=291>

Com"port (?, formerly <?/) , n. [Cf.OF. comport .] Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.]

I knew them well, and marked their rude comport . Dryden.

Comportable <Xpage=291>

Com*port"a*ble (?) , a. Suitable; consistent. [Obs.] "Some comportable method."

Wotton.

Comportance <Xpage=291>

Com*port"ance (?) , n. Behavior; comport. [Obs.]

Goodly comportance each to other bear. Spenser.

Comportation <Xpage=291>

Com`por*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. comportatio .] A bringing together. [Obs.]

Bp. Richardson.

Comportment <Xpage=291>

Com*port"ment (?) , n. [F. comportement .] Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.

A graceful comportment of their bodies. Cowley.

Her serious and devout comportment . Addison.

Compose <Xpage=291>

Com*pose" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Composed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Composing .] [F. composer ; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere , but the prigin is different. See Pose , v. t. ] 1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all pious affection. Bp. Sprat.

2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.

Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb. Milton.

A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. I. Watts.

3. To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture .

Let me compose Something in verse as well as prose. Pope.

The genius that composed such works as the "Standard" and "Last Supper". B. R. Haydon.

4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.

In a peaceful grave my corpse compose . Dryden.

How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. Milton.

5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.

Compose thy mind; Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed. Dryden.

6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).

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Com*pose" , v. i. To come to terms. [Obs.]

Shak.

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Com*posed" (?) , a. Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed.

The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. Pope.

-- Com*pos"ed*ly (<?/) , adv. -- Com*pos"ed*ness , n.

Composer <Xpage=291>

Com*pos"er (?) , n. 1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.

If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer . Addison.

His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer . Moore (Encyc. of Mus. ).

2. One who, or that which, quits or calms; one who adjust a difference.

Sweet composes of the pensive s<?/ul. Gay.

Composing <Xpage=291>

Com*pos"ing , a. 1. Tending to compose or soothe.

2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition.

Composing frame (Print.) , a stand for holding cases of type when in use. -- Composing rule (Print.) , a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also setting rule . -- Composing stick (Print.) , an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.

Composit\'91 <Xpage=291>

Com*pos"i*t\'91 (?) , n. pl. [NL., from L. compositus made up of parts. See Composite .] (Bot.) A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.

Composite <Xpage=291>

Com*pos"ite (?; 277) , a. [L. compositus made up of parts, p. p. of componere . See Compound , v. t. , and cf. Compost .] 1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language .

Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite . Landor.

2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital .

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3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Composit\'91 ; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.

Composite carriage , a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.] -- Composite number (Math.) , one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3. <-- the opposite of prime number -->. -- Composite photograph &or; portrait , one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. F. Galton. -- Composite sailing (Naut.) , a combination of parallel and great circle sailing. -- Composite ship , one with a wooden casing and iron frame.

Composite <Xpage=292>

Com*pos"ite (?; 277) , n. That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.]

Composition <Xpage=292>

Com`po*si"tion (?) , n. [F. composition , fr. L. compositio . See Composite .] 1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music . "The constant habit of elaborate composition." Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.

2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.

View them in composition with other things. I. Watts.

The elementary composition of bodies. Whewell.

3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition .

A omposition that looks . . . like marble. Addison.

4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.

5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.]

There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. Shak.

6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.

Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. Shak.

7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.

Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam.

Cleared by composition with their creditors. Blackstone.

8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition . Sir I. Newton.

Composition cloth , a kind of clotch covered with a preparation making it waterproof. -- Composition deed , an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. -- Composition plane (Crystallog.) , the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. -- Composition of forces (Mech.) , the finding of a single force (called the resultant ) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components ) when acting in given directions. Herbert. -- Composition metal , an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called Muntz metal and yellow metal . -- Composition of proportion (Math.) , an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth. </cs?

Compositive <Xpage=292>

Com*pos"i*tive (?) , a. [L. compositivus .] Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. [R.]

Compositor <Xpage=292>

Com*pos"i*tor (?) , n. [L., an arranger.] 1. One who composes or sets in order.

2. (Print.) One who sets type and arranges it for use.

Compositous <Xpage=292>

Com*pos"i*tous (?) , a. (Bot.) Belonging to the Composit\'91 ; composite. [R.]

Darwin.

Compossible <Xpage=292>

Com*pos"si*ble (?) , a. [Pref. com- + possible .] Able to exist with another thing; consistent. [R.]

Chillingworth.

Compost <Xpage=292>

Com"post (?; 277) , n. [OF. compost , fr. L. compositus , p. p. See Composite .] 1. A mixture; a compound. [R.]

A sad compost of more bitter than sweet. Hammond.

2. (Agric.) A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.