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

The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission. What compliances will remove dissension Swift. Ready compliance with the wishes of his people. Macaulay.

Complexity. Sir M. Hale.

y. [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.

ng, to form; composing; constituting; constituent. The component parts of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton.

fficult 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.), th…

The act of drinking or tippling together. [R.] The fashion of compotation. Sir W. Scott.

A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears. Littr

ompound a medicine. Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort. Sir W. Scott.

To agree; to concur. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Joint attestation; proof. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

ering spirit which, with such activity and compunction, invadeth the brains and nostrils. Sir T. Browne.

Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned. Not easily computable by arithmetic. Sir M. Hale.

Computation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

s to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical. Of conation, in other words, of desire and will. J. S. Mill.

feelings, . . . and the exertive or conative powers, . . . was first promulgated by Kant. Sir W. Hamilton.

ed! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them. Sir P. Sidney.

concentration. Concentration of the lunar beams. Boyle. Intense concetration of thought. Sir J. Herschel.

entration. A discrimination is only possible by a concentrative act, or act of attention. Sir W. Hamilton.

of different size, one within another. Concentric circles upon the surface of the water. Sir I. Newton. Concentrical rings like those of an onion. Arbuthnot.