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complicate

UK /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/US /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/

verb 3
/ˈkɒmplɪkət/ adjective 2
forms 5

verb3

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To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
- Let us, however, put aside for the moment the mendacities and forgeries which complicate the question of Lucifer, and let us approach Palladism from an altogether different side. — 1896
To coexist with (another disease) creating a complication.
•
To involve in a convoluted matter.
- Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your understanding.
- John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.

complicate

/ˈkɒmplɪkət/

adjective2

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(literary, no longer used) Complex, complicated.
- How poor ? how rich ? how abject ? how august ? ¶ How complicat ? how wonderful is Man ? — 1742
(no longer used) Intertwined.

forms

complicated · complicating · complicates · more complicate · most complicate

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