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Verb: complicate  'kóm-pli`keyt
  1. Make more complicated
    "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
    - perplex
     
  2. Make more complex, intricate, or rich
    "complicate a design or pattern"
    - refine, rarify, elaborate

Derived forms: complicating, complicates, complicated

See also: complication

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: simplify

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