COMPLEMENT

vt a compliment.

2. complement ·vt to compliment.

3. complement ·vt the whole working force of a vessel.

4. complement ·vt to supply a lack; to supplement.

5. complement ·vt full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.

6. complement ·vt something added for ornamentation; an accessory.

7. complement ·vt that which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.

8. complement ·vt a second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.

9. complement ·vt that which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

10. complement ·vt the interval wanting to complete the octave;

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