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

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  1. v. t. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
  2. v. t. That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.
  3. v. t. Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.
  4. v. t. A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
  5. v. t. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
  6. v. t. The whole working force of a vessel.
  7. v. t. The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
  8. v. t. A compliment.
  9. v. t. To supply a lack; to supplement.
  10. v. t. To compliment.
  11. n. a word or word/phrase">phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
  12. n. a complete number or quantity