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in complement

in complement phrase: full and fully illuminated.

Phrase

in complement

  1. Full and fully illuminated.
    • The sixth Bishop of Ely had very curious arms, for he bore both sun and moon on his shield, the sun "in his splendour" and the moon "in her complement".1912, Allen Phoebe, Peeps at Heraldry, page 33

Questions about in complement

What does in complement mean?
In complement means full and fully illuminated.
What part of speech is in complement?
In complement is a phrase.

Words near in complement in the dictionary

  1. in common
  2. in company with
  3. in comparison
  4. in compendio
  5. in competition
  6. in complement
  7. in concert
  8. in conclusion
  9. in concreto
  10. in condition
  11. in confidence

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