v. /kom"pli kayt'/ ; adj. /kom"pli kit/ , v. , complicated, complicating , adj.
v.t.
1. to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
adj.
2. complex; involved.
3. Entomol. folded longitudinally one or more times, as the wings of certain insects.
[ 1615-25; complicatus (ptp. of complicare to fold together), equiv. to com- COM- + -plic- (comb. form of * plecare to fold, akin to plecti to PLAIT; see COMPLEX) + -atus -ATE 1 ]