com·pli·cate /ˈkɑmpləˌket/
(vt.)弄複雜,使錯綜,使起糾紛(vi.)變複雜
com·pli·cate /ˈkɑmpləˌket/ 及物動詞
(拉complicatus)折疊的,縱折的(昆蟲翅),複雜的
Com·pli·cate a.
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.
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.
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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]