What does complice mean?
Complice means (obsolete) An accomplice; a supporter..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) An accomplice; a supporter..
The lives of all your loving complices / Lean on your health; the which, if you give o’er / To stormy passion, must perforce decay.
VVell, the VVeſt-Saxon King vvas quickly overcome, and all his Complices either killed, or conquered, and yet King Edvvine demurred to embrace Chriſtianity.
Our Saviour was accused that he would Destroy the Temple. The first Martyr Steven was stoned as a Complice.
[A] bill confirming the attainder of Somerset and his complices was also rejected by the commons, tho’ it had passed the upper house.
Use complice when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Complice means (obsolete) An accomplice; a supporter..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The lives of all your loving complices / Lean on your health; the which, if you give o’er / To stormy passion, must perforce decay.
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