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complice

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com⋅plice

  [kom-plis]
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–noun Archaic.
an accomplice or associate.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < MF < LL complice-, obl. s. of complex confederate (formation modeled on simplex simplex ), equiv. to com- com- + -plex -fold
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com·plice   (kŏm'plĭs)   
n.   Archaic
An associate; an accomplice.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin complex, complic-, one closely connected with : Latin com-, com- + Latin plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]
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