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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. make more complicated;
- Example: "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
[syn: complicate, perplex]

2. make more complex, intricate, or richer;
- Example: "refine a design or pattern"
[syn: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Complicate \Com"pli*cate\, a. [L. complicatus, p. p. of complicare to fold together. See Complex.] 1. Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved. [1913 Webster] How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man! --Young. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] Nor can his complicated sinews fail. --Young. [1913 Webster] Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action. --Addison. [1913 Webster] When the disease is complicated with other diseases. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

complicate v 1: make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" [syn: complicate, perplex] [ant: simplify] 2: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" [syn: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate]