'Complicate' definitions:

Definition of 'complicate'

From: WordNet
verb
Make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" [syn: complicate, perplex] [ant: simplify]
verb
Make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern" [syn: complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate]

Definition of 'Complicate'

From: 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]

Definition of 'Complicate'

From: 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]