simplify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: simplify	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
simplify v make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives" Antonym(s): complicate, perplex
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Simplify \Sim"pli*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Simplified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Simplifying}.] [Cf. F. simplifier, LL. simplificare. See {Simple}, and {-fy}.] To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for doing or making. The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so far simplified. --A. Hamilton. It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious in simplifying our deductions. --W. Nicholson.