complicate
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin complicatus, past participle of complicare (“to fold together”), from com- (“together”) + plicare (“to fold, weave, knit”); see plaid, and compare complex
[edit] Verb
complicate (third-person singular simple present complicates, present participle complicating, simple past and past participle complicated)
- (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.
- (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
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[edit] Translations
to combine intricately
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[edit] Adjective
complicate (comparative more complicate, superlative most complicate)
- (obsolete) Intertwined.
- (now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
- 1745, Edward Young, Night-Thoughts, I:
- How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, / How complicate, how wonderful, is Man!
- 1745, Edward Young, Night-Thoughts, I:
[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
[edit] Italian
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complicate f.
- Feminine plural form of complicato.
[edit] Verb
complicate
- second-person plural present indicative of complicare
- second-person plural imperative of complicare
- Feminine plural of complicato
[edit] Latin
[edit] Verb
complicāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of complicō
