complicate
Verb
- make more complicated
- "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
- make more complex, intricate, or richer
- To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
- To involve in a convoluted matter.
Adj
- Intertwined.
- Complex, complicated.
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.
- The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in the early 17ᵗʰ century; borrowed from Latin complicātus, perfect passive participle of complicō (“to fold together”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“together”) + plicō (“to fold, weave, knit”); see plaid, and compare complex. See also Middle English complicate (“involved”).
Synonyms
elaborate, perplex, rarify, refine, complex, complexify, complicate, complify, confuscate, desimplify, embroil, entangle, intricate, involve, jazz, make a meal of, mire, mix up
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 18
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