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verb
To make more complex; to complicate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: simplify
verb
make complex
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complicate, perplex
verb
have or develop complicating consequences
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: ramify
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
History
Etymology tree English complex Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English complexify From complex + -ify.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
