complicate

Verb
Synonyms: perplexrefinerarifyelaborate

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. make more complicated“There was a new development that complicated the matter”Synonyms: perplex
  2. make more complex, intricate, or richer“refine a design or pattern”Synonyms: refinerarifyelaborate
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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]

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