COMPLICATES

Verb

complicates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complicate

Anagrams

• ectoplasmic

Source: Wiktionary


COMPLICATE

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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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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