Complice
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Complice is a noun meaning (obsolete) An accomplice; a supporter.
Meaning
(obsolete) An accomplice; a supporter.
Example Sentences
Our Saviour was accused that he would Destroy the Temple. The first Martyr Steven was stoned as a Complice.
The lives of all your loving complices / Lean on your health; the which, if you give o’er / To stormy passion, must perforce decay.
[A] bill confirming the attainder of Somerset and his complices was also rejected by the commons, tho’ it had passed the upper house.
VVell, the VVeſt-Saxon King vvas quickly overcome, and all his Complices either killed, or conquered, and yet King Edvvine demurred to embrace Chriſtianity.
Word Forms
- complices
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include accomplice, consociate, cohort, fellow, compaignion, confederate.
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