complice

complice noun: an accomplice; a supporter.

Noun

complice (plural complices)

(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.c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...
- VVell, the VVeſt-Saxon King vvas quickly overcome, and all his Complices either killed, or conquered, and yet King Edvvine demurred to embrace Chriſtianity.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, book II, subsection 40 (His Condition Performed, and yet He Demurres), page 72

The first Martyr Steven was stoned as a Complice.1676, Andreas Rivetus, Junior [pseudonym; Andrew Marvell], Mr. Smirke. Or, The Divine in Mode. […], [London]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 11:
[A] bill confirming the attainder of Somerset and his complices was also rejected by the commons, tho’ it had passed the upper house.1762, David Hume, “[Richard I.] Chapter II.”, in The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Accession of Henry VII...

plural	complices

From Old French.

What does complice mean?: Complice means an accomplice; a supporter.
How do you use complice in a sentence?: The first Martyr Steven was stoned as a Complice.
What part of speech is complice?: Complice is a noun.
What is the plural of complice?: The plural of complice is complices.

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