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English Dictionary: complicate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for complicate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
complicate v make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" Synonym(s): complicate, perplex Antonym(s): simplify make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" Synonym(s): complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complicate \Com"pli*cate\, a. [L. complicatus, p. p. of complicare to fold together. See {Complex}.] 1. Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved. How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man! --Young. 2. (Bot.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complicate \Com"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Complicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Complicating}.] To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult. Nor can his complicated sinews fail. --Young. Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action. --Addison. When the disease is complicated with other diseases. --Arbuthnot.