Complicate
91accomplice — (n.) 1580s (earlier complice, late 15c.), from O.Fr. complice a confederate, from L.L. complicem (nom. complex) partner, confederate, from L. complicare fold together (see COMPLICATE (Cf. complicate)). With parasitic a on model of accomplish, etc …
92complicated — 1640s, tangled, from pp. adj. of COMPLICATE (Cf. complicate). Figurative meaning not easy to solve, intricate, confused, difficult to unravel is from 1650s …
93complicity — 1650s, from Fr. complicité, from O.Fr. complice accomplice, comrade, companion (14c.), from L.L. complicem, acc. of complex partner, confederate, from L. complicare to fold together (see COMPLICATE (Cf. complicate); also Cf. ACCOMPLICE (Cf.… …
94ply — English has two distinct words ply, although ultimately they are related. The one meaning ‘fold, twist, layer’ [14], now mainly found in plywood [20] and in combinations such as twoply and three ply, comes from Old French pli, a derivative of the …
95rarify — verb make more complex, intricate, or richer refine a design or pattern • Syn: ↑complicate, ↑refine, ↑elaborate • Derivationally related forms: ↑elaboration (for: ↑elaborate), ↑ …
96recomplicate — (ˈ)rē+ transitive verb Etymology: re + complicate : to complicate again …
97complicative — comˈplicātive adjective Tending to complicate • • • Main Entry: ↑complicate …
98com|plic|i|ty — «kuhm PLIHS uh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. the state of being an accomplice; partnership in wrongdoing: »Knowingly receiving stolen goods is complicity in theft. 2. = complexity. (Cf. ↑complexity) ╂[< Middle French complicité < Old French… …
99Complicacy — Com pli*ca*cy, n. A state of being complicate or intricate. Mitford. [1913 Webster] …
100Complice — Com plice, n.; pl. {Complices}. [F., fr. L. complex, plicis, closely connected with one, confederate. See {Complicate}, and cf. {Accomplice}.] An accomplice. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To quell the rebels and their complices. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
