1. To supply a lack; to supplement. [R.]
2. To compliment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
COMPLEMENTAL
Com`ple*men"tal, a.
1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "Complemental ceremony." Prynne.
2. 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 (Zoöl.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.
COMPLEMENTARY
Com`ple*men"ta"ry, a.
Defn: Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers.
Complementary colors. See under Color.
— Complementary angles (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90°.
COMPLEMENTARY
Com`ple*men"ta*ry, n. Etym: [See Complimentary.]
Defn: One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
COMPLETE
Com"plete", a. Etym: [L. completus, p. p. of complere to fill. See
Full, a., and cf. Comply, Compline.]