The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
complicating \complicating\ n.
   the act or process of making something more complex.
   Syn: complication.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Complicate \Com"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Complicated; p.
   pr. & vb. n. Complicating.]
   To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make
   complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or
   difficult.
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         Nor can his complicated sinews fail.     --Young.
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         Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated
         principle of action.                     --Addison.
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         When the disease is complicated with other diseases.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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