/ ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt; NAmE ˈkɑːm-/ verb
[ vn ] to make sth more difficult to do, understand or deal with :
I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary.
To complicate matters further, there will be no transport available till 8 o'clock.
The issue is complicated by the fact that a vital document is missing.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent. (in the sense combine, entangle, intertwine ): from Latin complicat- folded together, from the verb complicare , from com- together + plicare to fold.