Webster's English Dictionary

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complicate

1. com.pli.cate \'ka:m-pl*-.ka-t\ vt 1: to combine esp. in an involved or 
   inextricable manner  2: to make complex or difficult  : to become 
   complicated 
2. com.pli.cate \-pli-k*t\ aj [L complicatus, pp. of complicare to fold 
   together, fr. com-]+ plicare to fold - more at PLY 1: COMPLEX, INTRICATE  
   2a: CONDUPLICATE  2b: folded longitudinally one or more times - used of 
   insect wings