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simplify

verb
/ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/

Etymology

From the French simplifier, equivalent to simple + -ify.

  1. derived from simplex — “simple”
  2. derived from simple
  3. inherited from symple
  4. formed as simplify — “simple + -ify”

Definitions

  1. To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making…

    To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand.

    • Quizzed on simplifying fares, Heaton-Harris said the Government had inherited a "mix of ticketing and unbelievable, interesting fares up and down the system, and we do want to simplify them".

  2. To become simpler.

The neighborhood

Derived

desimplify, oversimplify, simplifiable, simplification, simplificatory, simplifier, supersimplify, ultrasimplify, unsimplify

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA