Found 3 items, similar to Complicate.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: complicate
mempersulit, memperumit, menyulitkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: complicate
complicate
v 1: make more complicated;
“There was a new development that
complicated the matter” [syn:
perplex] [ant:
simplify]
2: make more complex, intricate, or richer;
“refine a design or
pattern” [syn:
refine,
rarify,
elaborate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Complicate
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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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.
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How poor, how rich, how abject, how august,
How complicate, how wonderful is man! --Young.
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2. (Bot.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold
running lengthwise.
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