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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Complicate \Com"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Complicated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Complicating.]
     To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make
     complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or
     difficult.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Nor can his complicated sinews fail.     --Young.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated
           principle of action.                     --Addison.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           When the disease is complicated with other diseases.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Complicate \Com"pli*cate\, a. [L. complicatus, p. p. of
     complicare to fold together. See Complex.]
     1. Composed of two or more parts united; complex;
        complicated; involved.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              How poor, how rich, how abject, how august,
              How complicate, how wonderful is man! --Young.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold
        running lengthwise.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Complicate \Com"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Complicated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Complicating.]
     To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make
     complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or
     difficult.
  
           Nor can his complicated sinews fail.     --Young.
  
           Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated
           principle of action.                     --Addison.
  
           When the disease is complicated with other diseases.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Complicate \Com"pli*cate\, a. [L. complicatus, p. p. of
     complicare to fold together. See Complex.]
     1. Composed of two or more parts united; complex;
        complicated; involved.
  
              How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How
              complicate, how wonderful is man!     --Young.
  
     2. (Bot.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold
        running lengthwise.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  complicate
       v 1: make more complicated; "There was a new development that
            complicated the matter" [syn: perplex] [ant: simplify]
       2: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or
          pattern" [syn: refine, rarify, elaborate]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  complicate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     μπλέκω, περιπλέκω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  complicate
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it complicato)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it complicato)
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it complicare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la complicō  2 p pres actv impr)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  complicate
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) intertwined.
     2 (lb en now rare poetic) complex, complicated.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make
  something intricate or difficult.
     2 (lb en transitive) To involve in a convoluted matter.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  complicate
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it complicato)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it complicato)
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it complicare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la complicō  2 p pres actv impr)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  complicate
     Italian a.
     (feminine plural of it complicato)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it complicato)
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it complicare  2 p pres indc ; 2 p impr)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la complicō  2 p pres actv impr)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  complicate
     Englanti a.
     1 kietoutunut
     2 (yhteys harvinainen nykykielessä runollinen k=en) mutkikas,
  monimutkainen
     Englanti vb.
     1 monimutkaistaa, vaikeuttaa
     2 sekaantua johonkin

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  complicate
     Engelska vb.
     komplicera; göra ett problem eller en situation svårare

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Complicate /kˈɒmplɪkˌeɪt/
  عقّد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  complicate //ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt// //ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt// //ˈkɒmplɪkət// 
  усложня́вам, комплицирам
  to combine intricately

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  complicate /kˈɒmplɪkˌeɪt/ 
  komplikovat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  complicate /kˈɒmplɪkˌeɪt/ 
  cymhlethu 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  complicate /kˈɒmplɪkˌeɪt/
  
  περιπλέκω

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  complicate /kəmplikeit/
  compliquer

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  complicate /kˈɒmplɪkˌeɪt/ 
  1. उलझाना
        "There was a new development that complicated the matter"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  complicate /kˈɒmplɪkˌeɪt/
  komplicirati, otežavati, zamršen

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  complicate //ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt// //ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt// //ˈkɒmplɪkət// 
  複雑にする
  to combine intricately

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  complicate /'kɔmplıkeıt/
  1. komplikuoti(s)
  2. sukomplikuoti/supainioti (padėtį, reikalus)

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  complicate /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/ 
    komplikować

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  complicate /kəmplikeit/
  complicar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  complicate //ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt// //ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt// //ˈkɒmplɪkət// 
  komplicera
  to combine intricately

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  complicate /kˈɒmplɪkˌeɪt/
  1. karıştırmak, zorlaştırmak, güçleştirmek
  2. karmaşık
  3. (bot.), (zool.) uzunlamasına katlanmış (böcek kanadı vb) complicated  karmaşık
  4. muğlak, çapraşık, anlaşılması güç, çözülmesi güç.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈkɑmpɫəˌkeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "complicate":
     accelerate, add, adjoin, affix, agglutinate, aggravate, annex,
     append, attach, ball up, beef up, blow up, burden, concentrate,
     condense, confound, confuse, conjoin, consolidate, decorate,
     deepen, derange, disarrange, disorder, double, embrangle, encumber,
     enhance, entangle, exacerbate, exaggerate, foul up, garble,
     glue on, heat up, heighten, hitch on, hop up, hot up, implicate,
     infix, intensify, involve, jazz up, join with, jumble, key up,
     knot, louse up, magnify, make complex, make unintelligible,
     mess up, mix up, muck, muck up, muddle, mystify, obfuscate,
     obscure, ornament, paste on, perplex, plus, postfix, prefix,
     put with, ramify, ravel, redouble, reinforce, saddle with,
     scramble, screw up, shadow, sharpen, slap on, snafu, snarl,
     snarl up, soup up, step up, strengthen, subjoin, suffix, superadd,
     superpose, tack on, tag, tag on, tangle, triple, unite with, upset,
     whet
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 弄复杂,使错综,使起纠纷;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 弄复杂,使错综,使起纠纷
     vi. 变复杂

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