plic-, pli- plect-, plec-, plici-, -plex, -plexity, -plexus,
-ple, -pli, -plic, -plicat, -plicit, -plicate, -plication, -ply
(Latin: plicare, plecare, to fold, bend, curve, turn, twine, twist, interweave, weave)
complexity
1. Behaving according to certain accepted standards: "Ralph felt that compliance with school rules was not always convenient for him to follow until he was suspended for being tardy too often.'
2. A tendency to conform with or to agree with the wishes of others: "Elva and Sue found out that their compliances with the company's rules were appreciated and the standards were beneficial for everyone."
2. A tendency to conform with or to agree with the wishes of others: "Elva and Sue found out that their compliances with the company's rules were appreciated and the standards were beneficial for everyone."
compliancy
compliant
compliantly
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.
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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.
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complicated (adjective), more complicated, most complicated
Related to that which is hard to understand or to untangle; intricate and involved: The directions that Mike's friend provided for getting to his house were so complicated that his friends couldn't follow them and so they were completely lost.
complication
1. Participation in wrongdoing, or involvement, with someone else in doing something illegal: The authorities found out that the computer programmer was taking part in a complicity to get private information about people's credit cards for a criminal organization so it could transfer money from the bank accounts of the victims.
2. The act of helping to commit a questionable act, an illegal activity, or a crime: Jerome was involved with his brother in a complicity to steal diamonds and valuable necklaces and rings from the jewelry store.
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2. The act of helping to commit a questionable act, an illegal activity, or a crime: Jerome was involved with his brother in a complicity to steal diamonds and valuable necklaces and rings from the jewelry store.
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comply (verb), complies; complied; complying
To conform by acting in accordance with a request or an order: Susan asked the bank clerk to help her fill out the form and he gladly complied with her desire.
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Lynn strived to comply with the German grammar rules hoping that her teacher wouldn't have to use her red pen too much to point out mistakes on the homework she turned in!
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conduplicate
decemplex
deploy (verb), deploys; deployed; deploying
1. To organize and to send out people or things to be used for particular purposes: Both of the major political parties have deployed volunteers to various parts of the country to encourage people to vote.
2. Etymology: from Latin displicare, "to scatter"; from dis-, "reversal + plicare, "to fold".
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2. Etymology: from Latin displicare, "to scatter"; from dis-, "reversal + plicare, "to fold".
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deployment
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