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Webster's English Dictionary

compliment

n. [F. compliment. It complimento, fr. comlire to compliment, finish, suit, fr. L. complere to fill up. See Complete, and cf. Complement.] An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend. ()

Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies. (Milton.)

Many a compliment politely penned. (Cowper.)

To make one a compliment, to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way. Locke. -- To make one's compliments to, to offer formal courtesies to. -- To stand on compliment, to treat with ceremony. ()

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v. t. To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to. ()

Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . . Should compliment their foes and shun their friends. (Prior.)

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v. i. To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect. ()

I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, compliment with one another. (Boyle.)