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complicate definition

com·pli·cate (käm′pli kāt′; for adj., -kit, -kāt′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb complicated -·cat′ed, complicating -·cat′·ing

to make or become intricate, difficult, or involved

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

adjective

  1. Archaic complicated
  2. Biol. folded lengthwise, as some leaves or insects' wings

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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