Complicate

Origin

From Latin complicatus, past participle of complicare ("to fold together"), from com- ("together") + plicare ("to fold, weave, knit"); see plaid, and compare complex

Full definition of complicate

Verb

1. (transitive) To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your education.
2. (transitive) to expose involvement in a convoluted matter.John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.

Synonyms

• (expose involvement in a convoluted matter) intricate, entangle, embroil, mix up (in something), mire

Related terms

• complication

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Intertwined.
2. (now rare, poetic) Complex, complicated.
• 1745, Edward Young, Night-Thoughts, I:How poor, how rich, how abject, how august,
  How complicate, how wonderful, is Man!