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An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.

Expelling or counteracting poison; antidotal.

Serving to drive off fever; antifebrile. -- n.

A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general. Brande & C.

Resisting poison; obviating the effects of venom; alexipharmic.

An embrace. [Obs.] An humble amplexation of those sacred feet. Bp. Hall.

Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray.

A displacement forward of an organ, esp. the uterus, in such manner that its axis is bent upon itself. T. G. Thomas.

Apoplexy. [Obs.] Dryden.

Affected with apoplexy. [Obs.] Shak.

Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

A morbid condition caused by an overwhelming shock or extreme fear and marked by rigidity of the muscles. -- Cat`a*plec"tic (#), a.

To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. Walker.

The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.

Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea. Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe. Locke.

Complex, complicated. [Obs.] "Complexed significations." Sir T. Browne.

The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication. The complexedness of these moral ideas. Locke.

The state of being complex; complexity. [Obs.] Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is proprly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it. I. Watts.

Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion. A moral rather than a complexional timidity. Burke.

Constitutionally. [R.] Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious. Burke.