complicate

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[edit] Etymology

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

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Infinitive
to complicate

Third person singular
complicates

Simple past
complicated

Past participle
complicated

Present participle
complicating

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.

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[edit] Adjective

complicate f.

  1. Feminine plural form of complicato.

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complicate

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