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  1. transitive and intransitive verb To make or become complex or perplexing.
  2. transitive and intransitive verb To twist or become twisted together.
  3. adjective Complex, intricate, and involved.
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  1. Latin complicāre, complicāt-, to fold together : com-, com- + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin complicatus, past participle of complicare, conplicare (from Italian complicare = Spanish Portuguese Provencal complicar = French compliquer), fold together, from com-, together, + plicare, fold, weave, knit: see plaid, and cf. complex.
  2. = Spanish Portuguese complicado = Italian complicato, from Latin complicatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/ˈkɑmplɪkət/
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