a. Obs. [a. L. complexiv-us copulative, comprehensive, f. complex- + -IVE.)
1. Consisting of or embracing many elements or details; comprehensive.
1654. Trapp, Comm. Ps. iv. 1. He looked upon the favour of God as a complexive blessing, that perfectly comprehendeth all the rest.
1672. Toleration not to be Abused, 24. An hideous and complexive evil of most dangerous … consequencies.
2. ‘That may be imbraced or conteined’ (Blount, Glossogr., 1656).
Hence Complexively adv., comprehensively.
1843. Fraser’s Mag., XXVII. 195. A butler … who understood the whole arrangements … of the table as complexively as Soult or Grouchy would anticipate the movements on a battle-field.
