complexus

[Lat. =a surrounding, encompa ing, encircling, embracing, from complexus, perf. par. of complect or to fold, or twine together, to clasp around: con=together, and the root plec a fold. *B. As subst.: One who, or that which, complies, agrees, or a ents. "Being a compliant with the Papists."-Fuller: Ch. Hist., XL. x. 8. ( Davies.) com-pli-ant-ly, adv. [Eng. compliant; -ly.] In a compliant, complaisant, or obliging manner. ( Richardson.) căm-pli-ca-çỹ, s . [Lat. complicatio.] [COMPLICATION.] Complication, complex nature. "Among the earliest tools of any complicacy man of letters gets to handle are his cla books hi cha lyle : Sartor Resartus, bk. ii., ch. iii. ( Davies .) com'-plic-āte, v . t. [Lat. complicatus , pa. par. of complico =to knit or twist together: com cum = with; plico to twist, to knit; Fr. compliquer ; Sp. & Port.complicar ] *I. Literally : 1. To twist or knit together; to entangle, involve, or interweave. IMG:content-0399.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0400.png:[blocks in formation] 3. An integral composed of several things involved or entangled. "At the treasury there was a complication of jealousies and quarrels."- Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xi. 4. A quarrel, a falling out, a dispute, a difference. "It is desirable for all Europe that whatever is calculated to bring about complications should be kept in check."- London Daily Telegraph. B. Med .: A disease co-existent with and modify. ing the effects and symptoms of another, though not nece arily connected with it.