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Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy. Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. Stowe. They had applied for the royal clemency. Macaulay.

Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate. Shak. -- Clem"ent*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St.Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.

Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.

Pertaining to the shin bone. Cnemial crest, a crestlike prominence on the proximal end of the tibia of birds and some reptiles.

The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity. [R.] Bacon.

One who keeps a coffeehouse. Addison.

A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.

See Coletit.

The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.

Worthy to be commemorated.

To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect of affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Su…

The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event. This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord. Abp. Tillotson. The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a fea…

Tending or intended to commemorate. "A sacrifice commemorative of Christ's offering up his body for us." Hammond. An inscription commemorative of his victory. Sir G. C. Lewis.

One who commemorates.

Serving to commemorate; commomerative. Bp. Hooper.

se; origin; beginnig; start. The time of Henry VII . . . nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed "modern history."

A member of a committee.

Compilation. [R.]

required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole. History is the complement of poetry. Sir J. Stephen.