Definitions for complicate
ˈkɒm plɪˌkeɪt; -kɪtcom·pli·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. complicate, perplexverb

   make more complicated

   "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

2. complicate, refine, rarify, elaborateverb

   make more complex, intricate, or richer

   "refine a design or pattern"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. complicateverb

   To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.

   Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your education.

2. complicateverb

   to expose involvement in a convoluted matter.

3. complicateadjective

   Intertwined.

4. complicateadjective

   Complex, complicated.

5. Etymology: From complicatus, past participle of complicare, from com- + plicare; see plaid, and compare complex

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Complicateadjective

   Compounded of a multiplicity of parts.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   What pleasure would felicitate his spirit, if he could grasp all in a survey; as a painter runs over a complicate piece wrought by Titian or Raphael. Isaac Watts, Improv. of the Mind.

2. To COMPLICATEverb

   Etymology: complico, Latin.

   1. To entangle one with another; to join.

   Though the particular actions of war are complicate in fact, yet they are separate and distinct in right. Francis Bacon.

   In case our offence against God hath been complicated with injury to men, we should make restitution. John Tillotson, Sermons.

   When the disease is complicated with other diseases, one must consider that which is most dangerous. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.

   There are a multitude of human actions, which have so many complicated circumstances, aspects, and situations, with regard to time and place, persons and things, that it is impossible for any one to pass a right judgment concerning them, without entering into most of these circumstances. Isaac Watts.

   2. To unite by involution of parts one in another.

   Commotion in the parts may make them apply themselves one to another, or complicate and dispose them after the manner requisite to make them stick. Robert Boyle, History of Firmness.

   3. To form by complication; to form by the union of several parts into one integral.

   Dreadful was the din
   Of hissing through the hall! thick swarming now
   With complicated monsters, head and tail. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   A man, an army, the universe, are complicated of various simple ideas, or complex ideas made up of simple ones. John Locke.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. complicate

   To complicate means to make something more difficult to understand, analyze, or deal with by introducing various elements, factors, or details. It can also refer to causing additional problems or issues in an already challenging situation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Complicateadjective

   composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved

2. Complicateadjective

   folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise

3. Complicateverb

   to fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult

4. Etymology: [L. complicatus, p. p. of complicare to fold together. See Complex.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Complicate

   kom′pli-kāt, v.t. to twist or plait together: to render complex: to entangle.—adj. complex: involved.—n. Com′plicacy, the quality or state of being complicated.—adj. Com′plicated, intricate, confused.—n. Complicā′tion, an intricate blending or entanglement.—adj. Com′plicative, tending to complicate.—Complicated fracture, a fracture where there is some other injury (e.g. a flesh wound not communicating with the fracture, a dislocation, a rupture of a large blood-vessel); Complication of diseases, a number of diseases present at the same time. [L. com, together, and plicāre, -ātum, to fold.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Complicate

   longitudinally laid in folds: intricate as opposed to simple.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of complicate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of complicate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of complicate in a Sentence

1. Robert Bentley:

   This issue has created confusion with conflicting direction for probate judges in Alabama, probate judges have a unique responsibility in our state, and I support them. I will not take any action against probate judges, which would only serve to further complicate this issue.

2. Scott Lasley:

   I'm fairly confident that the money will be there. It would surprise me if it wasn't, my understanding and my assumption is that's not an issue, that the Paul campaign will ensure the funding of the caucus. If for some reason if that were not to happen, that would complicate things. But I have no reason to believe that would not happen.

3. Hamza Abu Shanab:

   It may complicate it, but it will not stop it, The army's crackdown is fuelling hatred among residents of Sinai. Unfortunately, the impact is being felt in Gaza, whose people are paying the price for an internal struggle.

4. Anne Schuchat:

   We don't know if the Covid-19 epidemic will complicate detection and management, nor do we know if the social distancing efforts will reduce the risks of occurrence, but we do know we need to be ready.

5. Alan Liotta:

   As long as this puts us back on track to a way that we can do it with our scientific experts involved so we can get identifications, then it will be very significant, if it is simply about getting North Korea to return a large number of remains to us, while that's helpful, it's not going to lead to many identifications. It's going to complicate things more than it's going to help things.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=complicate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Complicate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=complicate
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/complicate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=complicate
7. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=complicate
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=complicate