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Complicate

Complicate Meaning & Definition
Complicate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Complicate?

[v] make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
[v] make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Complicate: elaborate | perplex | rarify | refine

Related Terms | Find terms related to Complicate: accelerate | add | adjoin | affix | agglutinate | aggravate | annex | append | attach | ball up | beef up | blow up | burden | concentrate | condense | confound | confuse | conjoin | consolidate | decorate | deepen | derange | disarrange | disorder | double | embrangle | encumber | enhance | entangle | exacerbate | exaggerate | foul up | garble | glue on | heat up | heighten | hitch on | hop up | hot up | implicate | infix | intensify | involve | jazz up | join with | jumble | key up | knot | louse up | magnify | make complex | make unintelligible | mess up | mix up | muck | muck up | muddle | mystify | obfuscate | obscure | ornament | paste on | perplex | plus | postfix | prefix | put with | ramify | ravel | redouble | reinforce | saddle with | scramble | screw up | shadow | sharpen | slap on | snafu | snarl | snarl up | soup up | step up | strengthen | subjoin | suffix | superadd | superpose | tack on | tag | tag on | tangle | triple | unite with | upset | whet

See Also | alter | change | complexify | develop | embrangle | involve | snarl | snarl up | sophisticate

Complicate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\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.

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