Home
Cite
 

Meaning of complicate

com•pli•cate

Pronunciation: (v.kom'pli-kāt"adj.kom'pli-kit), [key]
— v., adj. -cat•ed, -cat•ing,
—v.t.
  1. to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
—adj.
  1. complex; involved.
  2. folded longitudinally one or more times, as the wings of certain insects.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
See also:
complicacy complicated