complicate

verb · adjectiveB2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

complicates

V_ing/Gerund

complicating

V_ed/pp

complicated

1.
(transitive)To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
2.
(transitive)To involve in a convoluted matter.
Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your understanding.
John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.
The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.
3.
(transitive)(medicine, transitive) To coexist with (another disease) creating a complication.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more complicate

Superlative

most complicate

1.
(obsolete)Intertwined.
2.
(archaic, poetic)(now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

embroilentangle intricate miremix upinvolve

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro early 17th century; Latin complicātus, perfect passive voice passive participle of complicō (to fold together, fold up) (see -ate and -ate), from con- (with, together with, in the company of, in connection with, along with, together, and) + plicō (to fold, wind, coil); see plaid, and compare complex. See also complicate.