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complicate

com·pli·cate [ kómpli kàyt ]


transitive verb  (past and past participle com·pli·cat·ed, present participle com·pli·cat·ing, 3rd person present singular com·pli·cates)
Definition:
 
make something more complex: to make something complex or difficult
Further delay will only complicate matters.
a complicating factor



adjective 
Definition:
 
folded: describes leaves or insect wings that are folded lengthwise

[Early 17th century. < Latin complicat-, past participle of complicare "fold together" < plicare "to fold"]
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