complicate — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

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   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.

2. To involve in a convoluted matter.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Synonyms

   intricateentangleembroilinvolvemix upmire

   Examples

   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.

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   The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.

3. To coexist with (another disease) creating a complication.

   Usage

   • Transitive

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   Masked or larvate malaria, like pernicious malaria, needs complete overhauling. Nearly every disease in the category has been confounded with malaria and classed as larvate. This heterogeneous group has been expanded to embrace diseases unrelated to malaria, diseases complicating malaria, and symptoms and sequelæ of malaria.

Adjective

1. Intertwined.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

2. Complex, complicated.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • Poetic

   Examples

   How poor ? how rich ? how abject ? how auguſt ? ¶ How complicat ? how wonderful is Man ?

Verb

1. make more complicated

   Synonyms

   perplex

   Antonyms

   simplify

   Broader terms

   changealtermodify

   Examples

   There was a new development that complicated the matter

2. make more complex, intricate, or richer

   Synonyms

   refinerarifyelaborate

   Broader terms

   changealtermodify

   Examples

   refine a design or pattern