compluvium

[Lat., from compluo =to rain upon: com = cum =with, together; pluo to rain.] Arch. The interval between the roofs of port is admitted through this opening, and fell upon the area below. which surround the caveadium. The rain was com-ply', v. t. & i. [Ital. complire to fill up, to fulfill; Sp. complir ; Lat.compleo =to fill, to accomplish. The word has undoubtedly been confused with ply and pliant , but is not really connected with them. ( Skeat .)] [COMPLETE.] boil, boy; pout, jowl; cat, cell, chorus, *A. Transitive : 1. To fulfill, to satisfy, to accomplish. "My power cannot comply my promise; My father's so averse from granting my Request concerning thee." Chapman: Revenge for Honor (1654). chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; IMG:content-0407.png:[blocks in formation] *2. To be courteous or complaisant (with prep. with). "He did comply with his dug."-Shakesp.: Hamlet, v. 2. *3. To correspond, to be adapted or accommodated, to fit. "He made his wish with his estate comply ; Joyful to live, yet not afraid to die." Prior . côm-ply-ing, pr . par ., a . & 8. [COMPLY, v .] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adj .: Compliant, agreeable. "But the Commons were in a le complying mood."Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. vi. C. As subst.: The act of agreeing or a enting; compliance.