complemental

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of the nature of a complement

   Of the nature of a complement; completing.

2. 2

   Complementary.

3. 3

   Additional

   Additional; supplemental, accessory; ancillary.

   • [I]t is an errour worſe than hereſie, to adore the complementall and circumſtantiall piece of felicity, and undervalue thoſe perfections and eſſential points of happineſſe, wherein we reſemble our Maker.
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   1. 4

      Of the nature of a ceremony that is not essential but accessory

      Of the nature of a ceremony that is not essential but accessory; ceremonial; ceremonious; formal.

   2. 5

      Of persons

      Of persons: accomplished; talented; experienced.

   3. 6

      Alternative form of complimental (“complimentary”).

      • I vvill make a complementall aſſault vpon him for my buſineſſe ſeeth's.
      • I have no skill in ceremonious letters which have no other ſubſtance, but a faire contexture of complementall phraſes and curteous wordes.

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