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complicate

verb
/ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/US/ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/UK/ˈkɒmplɪkət/UK

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”).

  1. borrowed from complicātus

Definitions

  1. To make complex

    To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.

    • Let us, however, put aside for the moment the mendacities and forgeries which complicate the question of Lucifer, and let us approach Palladism from an altogether different side.

  2. To involve in a convoluted matter.

    • 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.

  3. To coexist with (another disease) creating a complication.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Intertwined.

    2. Complex, complicated.

      • How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, / How complicate, how wonderful, is Man!

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Derived

complicative, complicator, decomplicate, overcomplicate, recomplicate, simplicate, uncomplicate, complicate fever, complicateness, complicately

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at complicate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at complicate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at complicate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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