compliance

[Eng. comply; -ance.] [Сом IMG:content-0396.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0397.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small] II. Figuratively : 1. To unite, to join, to a ociate. "When the disease is complicated with other diseases,."-Arbuthnot: On Diet. 2. To render complex or involved, so as to cause confusion or difficulty in judgment. "For our hearts deceive us, our purposes are compli . cated , and we know not which end is principally intended, "-Bp. Taylor: On Repent., ch. iii., § 5. com'-plic-ate, a. [Lat. complicatus .] [COMPLICATE, v .] *I. Ordinary Language : 1. Lit .: Composed of several parts interwoven or complicated, complex 2. Fig .: Involved, complex complicated. II. Bot .: Folded up upon itself. com'-plic-ā-těd, pa. par.ora. [COMPLICATE, U.] A. As pa. par.: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Lit .: Composed of several parts interwoven or "united. Crabb thus discriminates between compliance , conformity, yielding, and submi ion : Compli ance and conformity are voluntary; yielding and submi ion are involuntary. Compliance is an act of the inclination; conformity an act of the judg. 2. Fig .: Involved, intricate. com'-plic-ate-ly, adv . [Eng. complicate ; -ly .] In a complicated manner, ( Boyle .) com-plic-ate-ne , s . [ Eng.complicate ; -ne .] The state or quality of being complicated; com plication, intricacy.