Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 95
Complainant (n.) 申訴者；原告；抱怨者 One who makes complaint.
Eager complainants of the dispute. -- Collier.
Complainant (n.) (Law) One who commences a legal process by a complaint.
Complainant (n.) (Law) The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law.
He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the town, and the other moiety to the use of the complainant. -- Statutes of Mass.
Complainant (n.) A person who brings an action in a court of law [syn: {plaintiff}, {complainant}] [ant: {defendant}, {suspect}].
Complainer (n.) One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer. -- Beattie.
Speechless complainer, I will learn thy thought. -- Shak.
Complaint (n.) Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.
I poured out my complaint before him. -- Ps. cxlii. 2.
Grievous complaints of you. -- Shak.
Complaint (n.) Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.
The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the complaint of all who wish well to the church. -- Swift.
Complaint (n.) An ailment or disease of the body.
One in a complaint of his bowels. -- Arbuthnot.
Complaint (n.) (Law) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity.
Syn: Lamentation; murmuring; sorrow; grief; disease; illness; disorder; malady; ailment.
Complaintful (a.) Full of complaint. [Obs.]
Complaisance (n.) 彬彬有禮；殷勤；柔順 Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.
These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. -- Addison.
They strive with their own hearts and keep them down, In complaisance to all the fools in town. -- Young.
Syn: Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good breeding.
Complaisance (n.) A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: {complaisance}, {compliance}, {compliancy}, {obligingness}, {deference}].
Complaisant (a.) 彬彬有禮的；殷勤的；柔順的 Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.
There are to whom my satire seems too bold: Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough. -- Pope.
Syn: Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite; well-bred. See {Obliging}. -- {Com"plai*sant`ly}, adv. -- {Com"plai*sant`ness}, n.
Complaisant (a.) Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave" [syn: {complaisant}, {obliging}].
Complanar (a.) See Coplanar.
Complanate (v. t.) Flattened to a level surface. [R.]
Complanate (v. t.) To make level. [R.]
Complected (a.) Complexioned. [Low, New Eng.]
Complement (n.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
Complement (n.) That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.
History is the complement of poetry. -- Sir J. Stephen.
Complement (n.) Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.
To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. -- Hakluyt.
Complement (n.) (Math.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
Complement (n.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. [Obs.]
Without vain art or curious complements. -- Spenser.
Complement (n.) (Naut.) The whole working force of a vessel.
Complement (n.) (Mus.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
Complement (n.) A compliment. [Obs.] -- Shak.
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[deg].
Complement of a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon.
In her complement (Her.), Said of the moon when represented as full.
Complement (v. t.) To supply a lack; to supplement. [R.]
Complement (v. t.) To compliment. [Obs.] -- Jer. Taylor.
Complement (n.) A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
Complement (n.) A complete number or quantity; "a full complement."
Complement (n.) Number needed to make up a whole force; "a full complement of workers" [syn: {complement}, {full complement}].
Complement (n.) Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish" [syn: {complement}, {accompaniment}].
Complement (n.) One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
Complement (n.) Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.
Complement (v.) Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to; "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup."
Complemental (a.) 補足的，補充的 Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "Complemental ceremony." -- Prynne.
Complemental (a.) Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] -- Shak.
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.
Complemental (a.) Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) [syn: {complemental}, {complementary}, {completing}].
Complementary (a.) 補充的，補足的 Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
Complementary colors. See under Color.
Complementary angles (Math.), Two angles whose sum is 90[deg].
Complementary (n.) One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Complementary (a.) Of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are complementary terms."
Complementary (a.) Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole) [syn: {complemental}, {complementary}, {completing}].
Complementary (n.) Either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries" [syn: {complementary color}, {complementary}].
Complete (a.) 完整的；全部的；完成的；結束的[F]；完全的，徹底的 Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate. "Complete perfections." -- Milton.
Ye are complete in him. -- Col. ii. 10.
That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon. -- Shak.
Complete (a.) Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.
This course of vanity almost complete. -- Prior.
Complete (a.) (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.
Completed (imp. & p. p.) of Complete.
Completing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Complete.
Complete (v. t.) 使齊全；使完整；完成；結束 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.
Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful appetence. -- Milton.
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.
Complete (a.) Having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting" [ant: {incomplete}, {uncomplete}].
Complete (a.) Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance" [syn: {complete}, {consummate}].
Complete (a.) Highly skilled; "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete musician" [syn: {accomplished}, {complete}].
Complete (a.) Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: {arrant(a)}, {complete(a)}, {consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)}, {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)}, {perfect(a)}, {pure(a)}, {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)}, {thoroughgoing(a)}, {utter(a)}, {unadulterated}].
Complete (a.) Having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview" [syn: {complete}, {concluded}, {ended}, {over(p)}, {all over}, {terminated}].
Complete (v.) Come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over. 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours" [syn: {complete}, {finish}].
Complete (v.) Bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements; "A child would complete the family."
Complete (v.) Complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties" [syn: {dispatch}, {discharge}, {complete}].
Complete (v.) Complete a pass [syn: {complete}, {nail}].
Complete (v.) Write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" [syn: {complete}, {fill out}, {fill in}, {make out}].
Completely (adv.) 完整地；完全地；徹底地 In a complete manner; fully.
Completely (adv.) To a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly'); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea" [syn: wholly, entirely, completely, totally, all, altogether, whole] [ant: part, partially, partly].
Completely (adv.) So as to be complete; with everything necessary; "he had filled out the form completely"; "the apartment was completely furnished".
Completement (n.) Act of completing or perfecting; completion. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Completeness (n.) The state of being complete.
Completion (n.) 完成，結束 [U] [C]；圓滿；實現 [U] The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.
The completion of some repairs. -- Prescott.
Completion (n.) State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization.
Predictions receiving their completion in Christ. -- South.
Completion (n.) (American football) A successful forward pass in football [syn: completion, pass completion].
Completion (n.) A concluding action [syn: completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up].
Completive (a.) Making complete. [R.] -- J. Harris.
Completory (a.) Serving to fulfill.
Completory of ancient presignifications. -- Barrow.
Completory (n.) (Eccl.) Same as Compline.
Complex (n.) 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 (n.) Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.
When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex. -- Whewell.
Complex fraction. See Fraction.
Complex number (Math.), In the theory of numbers, an expression of the form a + b[root]-1, when a and b are ordinary integers.
Syn: See Intricate.
Complex (n.) Assemblage of related things; collection; complication.
This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel. -- South.
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.
Complex (a.) Complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs" [ant: simple].
Complex (n.) A conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts; "the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town" [syn: complex, composite].
Complex (n.) A compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated [syn: complex, coordination compound].
Complex (n.) (Psychoanalysis) A combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior.
Complex (n.) A whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures [syn: building complex, complex].
Complexed (a.) Complex, complicated. [Obs.] "Complexed significations." -- Sir T. Browne.
Complexedness (n.) The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication.
The complexedness of these moral ideas. -- Locke.
Complexion (n.) The state of being complex; complexity. [Obs.]
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.
Complexion (n.) A combination; a complex. [Archaic]
This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms. -- Coleridge.
Complexion (n.) The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature. [Obs.]
If his complexion incline him to melancholy. -- Milton.
It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam. -- Shak.
Complexion (n.) The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.
Tall was her stature, her complexion dark. -- Wordsworth.
Between the pale complexion of true love, And the red glow of scorn and proud disdain. -- Shak.
Complexion (n.) The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.
Complexion (n.) The coloring of a person's face [syn: complexion, skin color, skin colour].
Complexion (n.) A combination that results from coupling or interlinking; "diphthongs are complexions of vowels".
Complexion (n.) A point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion".
Complexion (n.) Texture and appearance of the skin of the face.
Complexion (n.) (Obsolete) A combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament.
Complexion (v.) Give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills."
Complexional (a.) Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion.
A moral rather than a complexional timidity. -- Burke.
Complexionally (adv.) Constitutionally. [R.]
Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious. -- Burke.
Complexionary (a.) Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it. -- Jer.
Taylor.
Complexioned (a.) Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition; as, a dark-complexioned or a ruddy-complexioned person.
A flower is the best-complexioned grass, as a pearl is the best-colored clay. -- Fuller.
Complexities (n. pl. ) of Complexity.
Complexity (n.) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
The objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity. -- Burke.
Complexity (n.) That which is complex; intricacy; complication.
Many-corridored complexities Of Arthur's palace. -- Tennyson.
Complexity (n.) The quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers" [syn: complexity, complexness] [ant: simpleness, simplicity].
Complexity, () The level in difficulty in solving mathematically posed problems as measured by the time, number of steps or arithmetic operations, or memory space required (called time complexity, computational complexity, and space complexity, respectively).
The interesting aspect is usually how complexity scales with the size of the input (the "{scalability"), where the size of the input is described by some number N. Thus an algorithm may have computational complexity O(N^2) (of the order of the square of the size of the input), in which case if the input doubles in size, the computation will take four times as many steps. The ideal is a constant time algorithm (O(1)) or failing that, O(N).
See also NP-complete. (1994-10-20)
Complexity (n.) (C2) [ U ] 錯綜複雜，複雜性 The state of having many parts and being difficult to understand or find an answer to.
// A problem of great complexity.
Complexities (n. pl.) 複雜的事物，使某物難以理解之處，令問題難以解答或解決的地方 The features of something that make it difficult to understand or find an answer to.
// There are a lot of complexities surrounding this issue.
Complexly (adv.) In a complex manner; not simply.
Complexly (adv.) In a complex manner.
Complexness (n.) The state of being complex; complexity. -- A. Smith.
Complexness (n.) The quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers" [syn: complexity, complexness] [ant: simpleness, simplicity].
Complexus (n.) A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication.
Compliable (a.) Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.
Another compliable mind. -- Milton.
The Jews . . . had made their religion compliable, and accommodated to their passions. -- Jortin.
Compliance (n.) 順從，依從，服從，按照，一致 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.
Compliance (n.) A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.
A man of few words and of great compliance. -- Clarendon.
Syn: Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acquiescence; assent.
Compliance (n.) Acting according to certain accepted standards; "their financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting practices" [syn: conformity, conformation, compliance, abidance] [ant: disobedience, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity].
Compliance (n.) A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference].
Compliance (n.) The act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another [syn: submission, compliance].
Compliancy (n.) 承諾；順從；屈從 Compliance; disposition to yield to others. -- Goldsmith.
Compliancy (n.) A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others [syn: complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference].
Compliant (a.) 順從的；應允的 Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive. "The compliant boughs." -- Milton.
Compliant (a.) Disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will" [ant: defiant, noncompliant].
Compliantly (adv.) 順從地；應允地 In a compliant manner.
Complicacy (n.) 複雜；複雜的事物 A state of being complicate or intricate. -- Mitford.
Complicant (a.) (Zool.) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.
Compare: Elytron
Elytron (n.) 翅鞘（Elytron），也作鞘翅，是某些昆蟲（尤其是金龜和半翅目昆蟲）演化、變硬的前翅，因功能類似「翅膀」的「劍鞘」而得名。翅鞘主要的功能是保護用于飛行的後翅，通常會覆蓋在後翅上面。An elytron (from Greek "sheath, cover"; plural: elytra ) [1] [2] is a modified, hardened forewing of certain insect orders, notably beetles (Coleoptera) and a few of the true bugs (Hemiptera); in most true bugs, the forewings are instead called hemelytra (sometimes alternatively spelled as "hemielytra"), as only the basal half is thickened while the apex is membranous. An elytron is sometimes also referred to as a shard.
Compare: Overlapping
Overlapping (a.) Same as {clinker-built}; -- of ships.
Syn: lap-jointed, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked.
Overlapping (n.) 重疊的 A covering with an overlapping design, as with tiles or shingles.
Syn: imbrication, lapping.
Overlapping (n.) Covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles) [syn: {imbrication}, {overlapping}, {lapping}].
Complicate (a.) Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.
How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man! --Young.
Complicate (a.) (Bot.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.
Complicated (imp. & p. p.) of Complicate.
Complicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Complicate.
Complicate (v. t.) To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
Nor can his complicated sinews fail. -- Young.
Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action. -- Addison.
When the disease is complicated with other diseases. -- Arbuthnot.
Complicate (v.) Make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" [syn: complicate, perplex] [ant: simplify].
Complicate (v.) Make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" [syn: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate].
Complicated (a.) 複雜的；難懂的；結構複雜的；complicate的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Consisting of many interconnecting parts or elements; intricate.
‘A complicated stereo system.’
‘A long and complicated saga.’
Complicated (a.) [Medicine] Involving complications.
‘Complicated appendicitis.’
Complicated (a.) Difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics".
Complicately (adv.) In a complex manner.
Complicateness (n.) Complexity. -- Sir M. Hale.
Complication (n.) 糾紛；混亂；複雜（化）[U] [C]； 【醫】併發症 [C]；（新出現的）困難，障礙 [C] The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.
A complication of diseases. -- Macaulay.
Through and beyond these dark complications of the present, the New England founders looked to the great necessities of future times. -- Palfrey.
Complication (n.) (Med.) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
Complication (n.) The act or process of complicating.
Complication (n.) A situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious complication".
Complication (n.) Any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease; "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis".
Complication (n.) A development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications" [syn: {complication}, {ramification}].
Complication (n.) Puzzling complexity [syn: {complicatedness}, {complication}, {knottiness}, {tortuousness}].
Complices (n. pl. ) of Complice.
Complice (n.) An accomplice. [Obs.]
To quell the rebels and their complices. -- Shak.
Complicit (a.) 有同謀關係的；參與共謀的；串通一氣的 Involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing.
‘All of these people are complicit in some criminal conspiracy.’
Complicities (n. pl. ) of Complicity.
Complicity (n.) 共謀；串通關係 The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.
Complier (n.) One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yielding temper. -- Swift.
Compliment (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.
Compliment (v. i.) To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect.
I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, compliment with one another. -- Boyle.
Compliment (n.) 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 courtesies to.
To stand on compliment, To treat with ceremony.
Syn: See Adulation.
Compliment (n.) A remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration.
Compliment (v.) Say something to someone that expresses praise; "He complimented her on her last physics paper" [syn: compliment, congratulate]
Compliment (v.) Express respect or esteem for.
Complimental (a.) Complimentary. [Obs.]
Languages
. . . grow rich and abundant in complemental phrases, and such froth. -- Sir
H. Wotton. --
Com`pli*men"tal*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Boyle. -- Com`pli*men"tal*ness,
n. [Obs.] -- Hammond.
Complimentary (a.) 贊賞的；恭維的；表示敬意的；問候的；【美】贈送的 [Z] Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or
containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket.
"Complimentary addresses." -- Prescott.
Complimentary (a.) Conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary remark" [ant: uncomplimentary].
Complimentary (a.) Costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission" [syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p), gratuitous].
Complimentative (a.) Complimentary. [R.] -- Boswell.
Complimenter (n.) One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer. Compline
Compline (n.) Alt. of Complin.
Complin (n.) (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 (n.) A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.
I know their complot is to have my life. -- Shak.
Complotted (imp. & p. p.) of Complot.
Complotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Complot.
Complot (v. t. & i.) To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design.
We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scene of miseries to the Trojans. -- Pope.
Complotment (n.) A plotting together. [R.]
Complotter (n.) One joined in a plot. -- Dryden.