complex

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

COMPLEX, COMPLEXED, adjective 1. Composed of two or more parts or things; composite; not simple; including two or more particulars connected; as a complex being; a complex idea; a complex term. Ideas made up of several simple ones, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, the universe. 2. Involved; difficult; as a complex subject. COMPLEX, noun Assemblage; collection; complication. This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges of the gospel.
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