Complicate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make or become complex or perplexing.
  • v. To twist or become twisted together.
  • adj. Complex, intricate, and involved.
  • adj. Biology Folded longitudinally one or several times, as certain leaves or the wings of some insects.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
  • v. to expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
  • adj. Intertwined.
  • adj. Complex, complicated.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.
  • adj. Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.
  • v. To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To render complex or intricate; fold or twist together; entangle; intertwine; interweave; involve: as, to complicate matters, he was suddenly taken ill.
  • To form by combination of parts or elements; combine; compound.
  • Composed of interconnected parts; complex.
  • Intricate; involved.
  • In botany, folded upon itself: as, a complicate embryo: same as conduplicate.
  • In entomology, folded longitudinally once or several times, as the wings of wasps, the posterior wings of grasshoppers, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make more complicated
  • v. make more complex, intricate, or richer
  • Antonym
    simplify   
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    complex   
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    complex    complicated    involved    perplex    intricate    compound    Embarrass    entangle    intertangle    interlace   
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