A man of few words and of great compliance.
Clarendon.
Syn. -- Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acquiescence; assent.
Com*pli"an*cy (?), n. Compliance; disposition to yield to others. Goldsmith.
Com*pli"ant (?), a. Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive. "The compliant boughs." Milton.
Com*pli"ant*ly, adv. In a compliant manner.
Com"pli*ca*cy (?), n. A state of being complicate or intricate. Mitford.
Com"pli*cant (?), a. [L. complicans, p. pr.] (Zo÷l.) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.
Com"pli*cate (?), a. [L. complicatus, p. p. of complicare to fold together. See Complex.] 1. Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.
How poor, how rich, how abject, how august,
How complicate, how wonderful is man!
Young.