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complice

[ kom-plis ]

noun

, Archaic.
  1. an accomplice or associate.


complice

/ ˈkʌm-; ˈkɒmplɪs /

noun

  1. obsolete.
    an associate or accomplice
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of complice1

1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French < Late Latin complice-, oblique stem of complex confederate (formation modeled on simplex simplex ), equivalent to com- com- + -plex -fold
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Word History and Origins

Origin of complice1

C15: from Old French, from Late Latin complex partner, associate, from Latin complicāre to fold together; see complicate
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Example Sentences

Il est tempts que cette raison injustement dgrade quitte un ton pusillamine qui la rendront complice du mensonge et du dlire.

Well, I aint quite sure; but suppose it would be brought in preup terus criminus; that is, 'complice 'fore the act.

None shall dare to call me complice, since the little I once called my own is lost.

Tels taient les rsultats obtenus par cette collaboration mystrieuse de Rodolphe de Gortz et de son complice Orfanik.

I tole him we knew who gave him dat diamond an' I was on my way to git an officer to 'rest him as a 'complice.

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