Complicate

  • 21complicate — com·pli·cate käm plə .kāt vt, cat·ed; cat·ing to cause to be more complex or severe <a virus disease complicated by bacterial infection> …

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  • 22complicate — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …

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  • 23complicate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. involve, embarrass, confuse; perplex; aggravate, compound. See disorder, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. involve, convolute, confound, make difficult, make complex, make intricate, tangle,… …

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  • 24complicate — see PLY …

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  • 25complicate — com·pli·cate || kÉ’mplɪkeɪt v. confuse, make hard to understand, make difficult; make complex …

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  • 26complicate — [ kɒmplɪkeɪt] verb 1》 make more complex or confusing. 2》 Medicine introduce complications in (an existing condition). Origin C17 (in the sense combine, entangle ): from L. complicat , complicare fold together …

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  • 27complicate — I. v. a. Involve, entangle, make complex, make intricate. II. a.; (also complicated) See complex, in both senses …

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  • 28complicate — v 1. involve, make complex, make intricate; maneuver, scheme, contrive, manipulate, juggle; plan, plot, cast, frame, brew, hatch, concoct, devise. 2. embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle, muddle, mix up, jumble, Sl. mess up, Sl. screw up; clog,… …

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  • 29complicate — com·pli·cate …

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  • 30complicate — verb Syn: make (more) difficult, make complicated, mix up, confuse, muddle, compound Ant: simplify …

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