complicating

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complicating - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  complicating \complicating\ n.
     the act or process of making something more complex.
  
     Syn: complication.
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  Complicate \Com"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Complicated; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Complicating.]
     To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make
     complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or
     difficult.
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           Nor can his complicated sinews fail.     --Young.
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           Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated
           principle of action.                     --Addison.
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           When the disease is complicated with other diseases.
                                                    --Arbuthnot.
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