Complement

·vt A Compliment.

II. Complement ·vt To Compliment.

III. Complement ·vt The whole working force of a vessel.

IV. Complement ·vt To supply a lack; to Supplement.

V. Complement ·vt Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.

VI. Complement ·vt Something added for ornamentation; an Accessory.

VII. Complement ·vt That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.

VIII. Complement ·vt A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.

IX. Complement ·vt That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

X. Complement ·vt The interval wanting to complete the octave;

— the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.