complicate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Related terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 See also 1.2.5 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective 2.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

< Latin complicatus, past participle of complicare (“‘to fold together’”) < com- (“‘together’”) + plicare (“‘to fold, weave, knit’”); see plaid, and cf. complex

[edit] Verb

to complicate (third-person singular simple present complicates, present participle complicating, simple past and past participle complicated)

1. (transitive) To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.

   Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your education.

2. (transitive) to expose involvement in a convoluted matter.

   John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.

   The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.

[edit] Synonyms

• (expose involvement in a convoluted matter) intricate, entangle, embroil, mix up (in something), mire

[edit] Related terms

• complication

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• complex

[edit] External links

• complicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• complicate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

complicate f.

1. Feminine plural form of complicato.

[edit] Verb

complicate

1. Second-person plural present tense of complicare.
2. Second-person plural imperative of complicare.
3. Feminine plural of complicato.