complicate

(kŏm'plĭ-kāt')
tr. & intr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

1. To make or become complex or perplexing.
2. To twist or become twisted together.

adj. (-kĭt)

1. Complex, intricate, and involved.
2. Biology. Folded longitudinally one or several times, as certain leaves or the wings of some insects.

[Latin complicāre, complicāt-, to fold together : com-, com- + plicāre, to fold.]

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verb

To make complex, intricate, or perplexing: embarrass, entangle, involve, perplex, ravel, snarl, tangle. See simple/complex.

v

Definition: confuse, make difficult
Antonyms: disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, make simple, untangle

IN BRIEF: To make difficult or hard.

Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives. — Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).

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• Strategy and Tactics - complicate: (vb) make more difficult or complex than necessary

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - komplicere
v. intr. - kompliceres
adj. - indviklet, sammenfoldet på langs

Nederlands (Dutch)
compliceren, bemoeilijken, verwarren

Français (French)
v. tr. - compliquer
v. intr. - se compliquer
adj. - compliqué

Deutsch (German)
v. - komplizieren
adj. - kompliziert, (Bot.) längsgefaltet

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - περιπλέκω, μπερδεύω, καθιστώ δυσεπίλυτο

Italiano (Italian)
complicare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - complicar

Русский (Russian)
усложнять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - complicar, dificultar
v. intr. - complicarse
adj. - complejo, enredado, complicado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - komplicera, trassla till

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
弄复杂, 使起纠纷, 使错综, 变复杂, 纵折的, 由密切相关部件组合的, 复杂的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 弄複雜, 使起糾紛, 使錯綜
v. intr. - 變複雜
adj. - 縱折的, 由密切相關部件組合的, 複雜的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 복잡하게 하다, 악화시키다, 끌어들이다
v. intr. - 악화되다
adj. - 복잡한

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 複雑にする, 悪化させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) عقد, عرقل, صعب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סיבך‬
v. intr. - ‮נעשה קשה או מסובך או מבולבל‬
adj. - ‮מקופל זה על זה, מסובך‬

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