complicate (komplikat)

t.; pret. and pp. complicated, ppr. complicating. [L. compli cat us, pp. of complicare, conplicare (> It. com plicare Sp. Pg. Pr. complicar quer ), fold together, In case our offence against God hath been complicated with injury to men, we should make restitution. Til lots on . Young , Paraphrase of Job. Nor can his complicated sinews fail. The conscientious sensitivene of England to the horrors of civil conflict has been prevented from complicating a domestic with a foreign war. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 155. 2. To form by by combination of parts or elements; combine; compound. [Rare.] A man, an army, the universe, are complicated of var i IMG:content-0934.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0935.png:[blocks in formation] 3t. An entwining or infolding; an embrace. [Rare.] Sweet care es, and natural hearty complications and endearments. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 862. 4. In entom., the manner in which an insect folds its wings when at rest.-5. In biol., a proce the reverse of growth or development, by which the heterogeneous tends toward homogeneity. Syn. Complication, Complexity. These words implies entanglement resulting either in difficulty of comprehension or in embarra ment; complexity, the multiplicity and not easily recognized relation of parts: as, busine complications; the complexity of a machine; the com plexity of a question of duty. See intricate. used synonymously. Complication commonly At the treasury there was a complication of jealousies and quarrels. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., xi. Organic phenomena make us familiar with complexity of causation. H. Spencer , Study of Sociol., p. 323. complicative (kom'pli-ka-tiv), a. [ compli cate + -ive.] Tending or adapted to complicate or involve; producing complication. complicet (kom'plis), n. [F. complice = Sp . cómplice = Pg. It. complice , complex ( com plic-), confederate, participant, complicare , fold together, involve: see complicate , v., complex, a., and cf. accomplice .) An accomplice. And so to Armes, victorious Father, To quell the Rebels, and their Complices . Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., v. 1 (1623). The delivery Of this seductor and his complices. Mas singer , Believe as you List, iii. 3. quires a higher culture. C. E. Norton, Church-building in Middle Ages, p. 141. 2. Intricate; involved. +-ous.] Guilty of complicity; tending to involve. [Rare.] Whatever a man's liver says next day, it is a remarkably IMG:content-0936.png:[blocks in formation] along the back part of the neck, connecting the occiput and the lower cervical and upper dorsal vertebræ, and serving to straighten, incline, folded longitudinally once or several times, as IMG:content-0937.png:[blocks in formation] sance. He was a man of few words and great compliance. Clarendon. the wings of wasps, the posterior wings of gra - hoppers, etc. complicated (kom'pli-ka-ted), p. a. [ compli- cate + -ed2.] 1. Composed of interconnected parts; not simple; complex; complicate. Thick-swarming now With complicated monsters, head and tail. Milton , P. L., x. 523. Add is on , Spectator, No. 55. Complicated principle of action. In proportion as a government is free, it must be com plicated . Simplicity belongs to those only where one will governs all; where one mind directs, and all others obey. Story , Misc. Writings, p. 2. Consisting of many parts or particulars not easily separable in thought; difficult to analyze explain, etc.; involved; intricate; confused. It is easier to conceive than describe the complicated sensations which are felt from the pain of a recent and the pleasure of approaching vengeance. Goldsmith, Vicar, xv. =Syn. Complex , etc. See intricate . complicatedne (kom'pli-ka-ted-nes), n. The state of being folded together; complexne . Bailey .