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complicate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin complicatus, past participle of complicare (“to fold together”), from com- (“together”) + plicare (“to fold, weave, knit”); see plaid, and compare complex.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?mpl?ke?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?mpl?ke?t/
- Hyphenation: com?pli?cate
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.
- 1896, Arthur Edward Waite, Devil-Worship in France, or the Question of Lucifer Chapter 14
- Let us, however, put aside for the moment the mendacities and forgeries which complicate the question of Lucifer, and let us approach Palladism from an altogether different side.
- 1896, Arthur Edward Waite, Devil-Worship in France, or the Question of Lucifer Chapter 14
- (transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter.
- Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your understanding.
- John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.
- The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
Synonyms
- (involve in a convoluted matter): intricate, entangle, embroil, mix up (in something), mire
Related terms
- complication
- explicate
Translations
See also
- complex
Adjective
complicate (comparative more complicate, superlative most complicate)
- (obsolete) Intertwined.
- (now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
- 1745, Edward Young, Night-Thoughts, I:
- How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, / How complicate, how wonderful, is Man!
- 1745, Edward Young, Night-Thoughts, I:
Further reading
- complicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- complicate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Italian
Adjective
complicate
- feminine plural of complicato
Verb
complicate
- second-person plural present indicative of complicare
- second-person plural imperative of complicare
- feminine plural of complicato
Latin
Verb
complic?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of complic?
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complexity
English
Etymology
complex +? -ity Partially displaced native English manifoldness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m?pl?k.s?.ti/
Noun
complexity (countable and uncountable, plural complexities)
- (uncountable) The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
- (countable) That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
Synonyms
- complicacy
Antonyms
- simplicity
Derived terms
Related terms
- complexus
- complicate
Translations
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