complicate

Pronunciation: /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/

The English word “complicate” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
To involve in a convoluted matter.
To coexist with (another disease) creating a complication.

adjective

Etymology

First attested in the early 17th century; borrowed from Latin complicātus, perfect passive participle of complicō (“to fold together, fold up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“with, together with, in the company of, in connection with, along with, together, and”) + plicō (“to fold, wind, coil”); see plaid, and compare complex. See also Middle…

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