SIMPLIFY

[sim.pli.fy] vt -fied ; -fy.ing [F simplifier, fr. ML simplificare, fr. L simplus simple] (1759): to make simple or simpler: as a: to reduce to basic essentials b: to diminish in scope or complexity: streamline "was urged to ~ management procedures" c: to make more intelligible: clarify -- sim.pli.fi.ca.tion n -- sim.pli.fi.er n