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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F.

complaisant

, p. pr. of

complaire

to acquiesce as a favor, fr. L.

complacere

. See

Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant;

as, a

complaisant

gentleman

–

Com′plai-santˊly

adv.

–

Com′plai-santˊness

Noun.

Adj.

complazant. Pleasing in manners; courteous; obliging; desirous to please; as a complaisant gentleman.

Civil; courteous; polite; as complaisant deportment or treatment.