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complicate (KAHM pli kayte") (verb), complicates; complicated; complicating
1. To make something more difficult or less simple to do: Mark woke up late, and to complicate matters further, his train did not arrive on schedule and so he couldn't get to work on time.
2. To cause a situation to become more dangerous or harder to treat: The doctor warned Carol that her illness would be complicated by the infection that had just developed.
To make things difficult or hard to achieve.
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This entry is located in the following units: -cate (page 2) com-, co-, cog-, col-, con-, cor- (page 3) plic-, pli- plect-, plec-, plici-, -plex, -plexity, -plexus,
-ple, -pli, -plic, -plicat, -plicit, -plicate, -plication, -ply (page 2)
Word Entries at Get Words: “complicate”
complicate (KAHM pli kayte")
A complex or perplexing situation is presented by this cate entry.
This entry is located in the following unit: cate family of verbs (page 1)
complicate, complicates; complicated; complicating
To make something more difficult to achieve or to cause a condition to be harder to treat. (1)
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