GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Complicate , a. [L. complicatus, p. p. of complicare to fold together. See Complex.]
   Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.
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   How poor, how rich, how abject, how august,
   How complicate, how wonderful is man!
   Young.
   
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   (Bot.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.
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   Complicate , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Complicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Complicating.] To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
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   Nor can his complicated sinews fail.
   Young.
   
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   Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action.
   Addison.
   
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   When the disease is complicated with other diseases.
   Arbuthnot.
   
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