complicate

(käm′pli kāt′; for adj., -kit, -kāt′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb complicated, complicating

to make or become intricate, difficult, or involved

Origin: < L complicatus, pp. of complicare, to fold together < com-, together + plicare, to fold, weave: see flax

adjective

See complicate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates

adjective (-kĭt)

Complex, intricate, and involved.
Biology Folded longitudinally one or several times, as certain leaves or the wings of some insects.

Origin:

Origin: Latin complicāre, complicāt-, to fold together

Origin: : com-, com-

Origin: + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots

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