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complicate

verb

/ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪt/

Meaning

To make something more difficult or confusing.

The new rules will only complicate the process.

confuse, entangle, muddle, perplex

simplify, clarify, ease

complicate matters, complicate life, further complicate, unnecessarily complicate

To strike repeatedly with force.

to risk money or resources on an uncertain outcome, often in games of chance

to cut off unwanted parts of a plant or tree to help it grow better

to recognize or establish what something or someone is

to rule as a king or queen; to be dominant

to treat someone as a celebrity or give a lot of public attention