Dictionary
com•pli•cate
Pronunciation: (
—v.kom'pli-kāt";
—adj.kom'pli-kit), [key]
—v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing,
—adj.
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v.t.
to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult:
His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
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adj.
1. complex; involved.
2. Entomol.folded longitudinally one or more times, as the wings of certain insects.
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