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Webster 1913 Edition

Complacent

Com-pla′cent

,

Adj.

[L.

complacens

very pleasing, p. pr. of

complacere

;

com-

+

placere

to please: cf. F.

complaisant

. See

and cf.

.]

Self-satisfied; contented; kindly;

as, a

complacent

temper; a

complacent

smile

.

They look up with a sort of

complacent

awe . . . to kings.

Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition

Complacent

COMPLACENT

,

Adj.

Civil; complaisant.

They look up with a sort of complacent awe to kings.