COMPLICATE

complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate

(verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer; “refine a design or pattern”

complicate, perplex

(verb) make more complicated; “There was a new development that complicated the matter”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

complicate (third-person singular simple present complicates, present participle complicating, simple past and past participle complicated)

(transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.

(transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter.

Synonyms

• (involve in a convoluted matter): intricate, entangle, embroil, mix up (in something), mire

Adjective

complicate (comparative more complicate, superlative most complicate)

(obsolete) Intertwined.

(now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.

Source: Wiktionary

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Com"pli*cate, a. Etym: [L. complicatus, p. p. of complicare to fold together. See Complex.]

1. Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved. How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man! Young.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.

Com"pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Complicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Complicating.]

Definition: To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult. Nor can his complicated sinews fail. Young. Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action. Addison. When the disease is complicated with other diseases. Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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