Both Uses of
complement
in
Moby Dick
- But the ship, having her full complement of seamen, spurned his suit; and not all the King his father's influence could prevail.†
Chpt 10-12 *
- In like manner, the Greenland whalers sailing out of Hull or London, put in at the Shetland Islands, to receive the full complement of their crew.†
Chpt 25-27
Definition:
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(complement as in: the color complements her eyes) to combine something with something else to make it better