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
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.
• (involve in a convoluted matter): intricate, entangle, embroil, mix up (in something), mire
complicate (comparative more complicate, superlative most complicate)
(obsolete) Intertwined.
(now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
Source: Wiktionary
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
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
