complicateadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈkɒmplᵻkət/, U.S.

/ˈkɑmpləkət/

Etymology: < Latin complicātus, past participle of complicāre to fold together (see complicate v.).

A. adj.

†1. Interwoven. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [adjective] > intertwined or interwoven

writhenOE

twinedc1300

locked1488

wreathena1500

plait1529

implicatec1540

context?1541

twisted1548

weaved1552

wreathed?1552

texed1572

well-woven1578

woven1590

interlaced1593

entrailed1599

entest1608

implicit1608

folden1612

inextricate?1615

intertissueda1616

complicatea1626

enwreathed1631

interwoven1642

inwoven1667

intertwineda1680

plectilea1682

well-wove1690

implicated1761

osiered1820

inwrought1824

complected1828

impleached1829

internetted1849

enlaced1851

threaded1853

interknit1885

interwrought1895

pleached1896

interweaved1898

a1626 F. Bacon Considerations War with Spain (R.) The particular actions of war, though they are complicate in fact, yet are they separate and distinct in right.

1844 Ld. Houghton Mem. Many Scenes 194 Who weaves the complicate historic woof Out of the rough disorder of mankind.

a. Composed of parts or elements intimately combined or mixed; compound, complex. Now archaic or poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > state of being composite > [adjective]

compoundc1400

jointc1400

pieced1419

mixed?a1425

complexionatec1430

partyc1500

concrete1536

compost?1541

united1567

composed1570

compounded1570

integral1588

compositive1601

integrate1601

complicate1638

complexa1652

complicated1667

composite1678

co-unala1711

conglomerate1835

polylithic1961

1638 T. Whitaker Blood of Grape 28 To grant in its temper a complicate mixture, or comprehensive nature.

1658 R. Baxter Of Saving Faith 77 Affiance..is a complicate Act of the Intellect and Will.

1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ i. xxxvii. 79 Diseases are various..sometimes simple, and sometimes complicate.

a1711 T. Ken Psyche ii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 219 In complicate Disease, Give complicated Ease.

1775–84 J. L. De Lolme Constit. Eng. Advt. 16 The powerful complicate sensation which each sex produces on the other.

1829 R. Southey Oliver Newman vii A complicate and wonderful machine.

b. with the additional notion of Intricate, involved, difficult to analyse or unravel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or complex

nice?a1500

perplexeda1522

perplex1534

intricablea1540

implicate1555

labyrinthed1641

complexed1646

knotted1649

complicated1656

plicated1666

complicatea1687

complex1715

Byzantine1937

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [adjective]

nice?a1500

plaited1532

intricablea1540

unsimple?1541

entangled1561

intrinsicate1562

Gordian1606

involved1643

complexed1646

contortuplicated1648

complicated1656

puzzled1659

involute1669

complicatea1687

complex1715

woofed1820

snaggled1896

non-transparent1939

complexified1962

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) Pref. sig. A5^v I have chosen Ireland..where the Intrigue of State is not very complicate.

1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall II. xvii. 196 He felt a loathing for the wretched state Of his concerns, so sad, so complicate.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. xiv. 256 The most difficult and complicate demonstrations.

a. Botany. = conduplicate adj.

ΚΠ

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Complicate, folded up upon itself.

Categories »

b. Entomology. Folded on themselves longitudinally, as the wings of many insects.

B. n.

†1. A complicated or complex structure; a combination. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > state of being composite > [noun] > a composite thing or complex whole

aggregatea1425

wholec1450

partage1593

compagesa1638

complexa1652

composite1656

complexum1664

complicate1664

complexion1678

wholenessa1681

compagea1682

complication1750

synthesis1865

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity i. vii. 22 The worshipping of an Image, or the Complicate of an Image and a Dæmon actuating it, for a Deity.

1697 Dr. Wallis in Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 653 Whether in..the Duplicate, Sub-duplicate, or how otherwise Complicate thereof.

†2. One complicated or mixed up with the affairs of another; an accomplice. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > one who assists

fellowa1382

accessory1414

accessary1451

confederate1495

confederator1536

snapperc1555

complice1581

accomplice?1589

assistor1601

socius criminis1602

fedariea1616

complier1619

particeps criminisa1634

correspondent1639

complicate1662

capper1753

palc1770

partner in crime1831

sidekick1893

side-kicker1894

ram1941

1662 R. L'Estrange Memento i. 105 Observe likewise the Temper, and Quality of his Complicates and Creatures.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

complicatev.

Brit.

/ˈkɒmplᵻkeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪt/

Etymology: < Latin complicāt- participial stem of complicāre, < com- together + plicāre to fold.

†1. transitive. To fold, wrap, or twist together; to intertwine; to entangle one with another. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (transitive)]

wind971

braidc1000

writheOE

biwevec1300

enlacec1374

winda1387

tracec1400

bredec1440

knit1470

embraid1481

interlace1523

entrail?1530

wreathea1547

beknit1565

twist1565

wand1572

embroid1573

mat1577

complect1578

intertex1578

inweave1578

lace1579

plight1589

entwine1597

bewreath1598

interweave1598

implicate1610

twine1612

complicatea1631

implex1635

intertwine1641

plash1653

enwreathe1667

raddle1671

intertwist1797

pleach1830

impleach1865

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 172 Sin enwrapped and complicated in sin.

1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 10 Is not this Scroul, or Book here said to be complicated, or rolled up, or together.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 34 There they lie all dead, twisted and complicated all together, like a knot of Eels.

1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 64 Vessels curl'd, circumgyrated and complicated together.

†2. To intertwine, unite, or combine intimately.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)] > intimately or harmoniously

unanimy1596

complicate1621

kaleidoscope1900

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. i. iii. 520 By this happy Vnion of loue,..the heauens [are] annexed, and diuine soules complicated.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 401 With this wisedom are always complicated no less evident marks of goodness.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. cxxii The Wisdom of our Ancestors in Complicating the Office of the Lord Admiral with the Lord Mayors in its Conservacy.

3. To combine or mix up with in a complex, intricate, or involved way.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)] > in a complex way

complicate1673

complex1869

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > make complicated [verb (transitive)] > combine with in complex manner

complicate1673

complex1869

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 68 God hath..complicated almost all our bodily diseases of these times, with an extraordinary sadnesse.]

1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. §3. 87 When 'tis in a matter of trust 'tis complicated with treachery also.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 282 When the Disease is complicated with other Diseases, one must consider that which is most dangerous.

1848 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1872) I. ii. 94 A point at which the history of the great English revolution begins to be complicated with the history of foreign politics.

a1853 F. W. Robertson Lect. (1858) 270 The subject is complicated with difficulties.

†4. To form by complication; to compound. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct

workOE

dighta1175

to set upc1275

graitha1300

formc1300

pitchc1330

compoundc1374

to put togethera1387

performc1395

bigc1400

elementc1400

complexion1413

erect1417

framea1450

edifya1464

compose1481

construe1490

to lay together1530

perstruct1547

to piece together1572

condite1578

conflate1583

compile1590

to put together1591

to set together1603

draw1604

build1605

fabric1623

complicate1624

composit1640

constitute1646

compaginate1648

upa1658

complex1659

construct1663

structurate1664

structure1664

confect1677

to put up1699

rig1754

effect1791

structuralize1913

1624 J. Donne Deuotions iv. 68 Monsters compiled and complicated of diuers parents, & kinds.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xii. 73 Ideas..such as..a Man, an Army, the Universe..complicated of various simple Ideas.

1707 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. xii. 27 An execrable Deed; So complicated of all Evils, That it outdid the very Devils.

5. To make complex or intricate (as by the introduction of other matter); to render involved or complex. Cf. complicated adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (transitive)] > make difficult or complex

perplex1547

encumber1561

intricate1564

impester1601

daedalizea1618

entangle1672

intriguea1677

embarrass1684

complicate1832

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > make complicated [verb (transitive)]

entrike?c1425

envolde1451

involve1533

perplex1547

enfold1605

daedalizea1618

fasel1636

interpuzzle1650

puzzle1652

ravel1656

intriguea1677

complicate1832

to twist up1864

1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics x. 228 The war of Lombardy was complicated by its connection with another war.

a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 465 These schemes [of logical notations] thus tend rather to complicate, than to explicate.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §27. 382 Where no medial moraines occur to complicate the phenomenon.

1879 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (new ed.) ix. li. 323 The phenomena of the tides are greatly complicated by the irregular distribution of land.

6. intransitive (for reflexive). To become complicated. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (intransitive)] > become complex or confused

complicate1873

to snarl up1962

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > be or become complicated [verb (intransitive)]

enfold1605

complicate1873

complexify1914

1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. (1877) xiii. 324 Effects which as they diffuse complicate incalculably.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	complicate
释义	complicateadj.n. Brit. /ˈkɒmplᵻkət/, U.S. /ˈkɑmpləkət/ Etymology: < Latin complicātus, past participle of complicāre to fold together (see complicate v.). A. adj. †1. Interwoven. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [adjective] > intertwined or interwoven writhenOE twinedc1300 locked1488 wreathena1500 plait1529 implicatec1540 context?1541 twisted1548 weaved1552 wreathed?1552 texed1572 well-woven1578 woven1590 interlaced1593 entrailed1599 entest1608 implicit1608 folden1612 inextricate?1615 intertissueda1616 complicatea1626 enwreathed1631 interwoven1642 inwoven1667 intertwineda1680 plectilea1682 well-wove1690 implicated1761 osiered1820 inwrought1824 complected1828 impleached1829 internetted1849 enlaced1851 threaded1853 interknit1885 interwrought1895 pleached1896 interweaved1898 a1626 F. Bacon Considerations War with Spain (R.) The particular actions of war, though they are complicate in fact, yet are they separate and distinct in right. 1844 Ld. Houghton Mem. Many Scenes 194 Who weaves the complicate historic woof Out of the rough disorder of mankind. 2. a. Composed of parts or elements intimately combined or mixed; compound, complex. Now archaic or poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > state of being composite > [adjective] compoundc1400 jointc1400 pieced1419 mixed?a1425 complexionatec1430 partyc1500 concrete1536 compost?1541 united1567 composed1570 compounded1570 integral1588 compositive1601 integrate1601 complicate1638 complexa1652 complicated1667 composite1678 co-unala1711 conglomerate1835 polylithic1961 1638 T. Whitaker Blood of Grape 28 To grant in its temper a complicate mixture, or comprehensive nature. 1658 R. Baxter Of Saving Faith 77 Affiance..is a complicate Act of the Intellect and Will. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ i. xxxvii. 79 Diseases are various..sometimes simple, and sometimes complicate. a1711 T. Ken Psyche ii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 219 In complicate Disease, Give complicated Ease. 1775–84 J. L. De Lolme Constit. Eng. Advt. 16 The powerful complicate sensation which each sex produces on the other. 1829 R. Southey Oliver Newman vii A complicate and wonderful machine. b. with the additional notion of Intricate, involved, difficult to analyse or unravel. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or complex nice?a1500 perplexeda1522 perplex1534 intricablea1540 implicate1555 labyrinthed1641 complexed1646 knotted1649 complicated1656 plicated1666 complicatea1687 complex1715 Byzantine1937 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [adjective] nice?a1500 plaited1532 intricablea1540 unsimple?1541 entangled1561 intrinsicate1562 Gordian1606 involved1643 complexed1646 contortuplicated1648 complicated1656 puzzled1659 involute1669 complicatea1687 complex1715 woofed1820 snaggled1896 non-transparent1939 complexified1962 a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) Pref. sig. A5^v I have chosen Ireland..where the Intrigue of State is not very complicate. 1819 G. Crabbe Tales of Hall II. xvii. 196 He felt a loathing for the wretched state Of his concerns, so sad, so complicate. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. xiv. 256 The most difficult and complicate demonstrations. 3. a. Botany. = conduplicate adj. ΚΠ 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Complicate, folded up upon itself. Categories » b. Entomology. Folded on themselves longitudinally, as the wings of many insects. B. n. †1. A complicated or complex structure; a combination. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > state of being composite > [noun] > a composite thing or complex whole aggregatea1425 wholec1450 partage1593 compagesa1638 complexa1652 composite1656 complexum1664 complicate1664 complexion1678 wholenessa1681 compagea1682 complication1750 synthesis1865 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity i. vii. 22 The worshipping of an Image, or the Complicate of an Image and a Dæmon actuating it, for a Deity. 1697 Dr. Wallis in Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 653 Whether in..the Duplicate, Sub-duplicate, or how otherwise Complicate thereof. †2. One complicated or mixed up with the affairs of another; an accomplice. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > one who assists fellowa1382 accessory1414 accessary1451 confederate1495 confederator1536 snapperc1555 complice1581 accomplice?1589 assistor1601 socius criminis1602 fedariea1616 complier1619 particeps criminisa1634 correspondent1639 complicate1662 capper1753 palc1770 partner in crime1831 sidekick1893 side-kicker1894 ram1941 1662 R. L'Estrange Memento i. 105 Observe likewise the Temper, and Quality of his Complicates and Creatures. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). complicatev. Brit. /ˈkɒmplᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /ˈkɑmpləˌkeɪt/ Etymology: < Latin complicāt- participial stem of complicāre, < com- together + plicāre to fold. †1. transitive. To fold, wrap, or twist together; to intertwine; to entangle one with another. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (transitive)] wind971 braidc1000 writheOE biwevec1300 enlacec1374 winda1387 tracec1400 bredec1440 knit1470 embraid1481 interlace1523 entrail?1530 wreathea1547 beknit1565 twist1565 wand1572 embroid1573 mat1577 complect1578 intertex1578 inweave1578 lace1579 plight1589 entwine1597 bewreath1598 interweave1598 implicate1610 twine1612 complicatea1631 implex1635 intertwine1641 plash1653 enwreathe1667 raddle1671 intertwist1797 pleach1830 impleach1865 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 172 Sin enwrapped and complicated in sin. 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 10 Is not this Scroul, or Book here said to be complicated, or rolled up, or together. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 34 There they lie all dead, twisted and complicated all together, like a knot of Eels. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 64 Vessels curl'd, circumgyrated and complicated together. †2. To intertwine, unite, or combine intimately. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)] > intimately or harmoniously unanimy1596 complicate1621 kaleidoscope1900 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. i. iii. 520 By this happy Vnion of loue,..the heauens [are] annexed, and diuine soules complicated. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 401 With this wisedom are always complicated no less evident marks of goodness. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. cxxii The Wisdom of our Ancestors in Complicating the Office of the Lord Admiral with the Lord Mayors in its Conservacy. 3. To combine or mix up with in a complex, intricate, or involved way. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being combined > combine [verb (transitive)] > in a complex way complicate1673 complex1869 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > make complicated [verb (transitive)] > combine with in complex manner complicate1673 complex1869 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 68 God hath..complicated almost all our bodily diseases of these times, with an extraordinary sadnesse.] 1673 R. Allestree Ladies Calling ii. §3. 87 When 'tis in a matter of trust 'tis complicated with treachery also. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 282 When the Disease is complicated with other Diseases, one must consider that which is most dangerous. 1848 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1872) I. ii. 94 A point at which the history of the great English revolution begins to be complicated with the history of foreign politics. a1853 F. W. Robertson Lect. (1858) 270 The subject is complicated with difficulties. †4. To form by complication; to compound. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > construct workOE dighta1175 to set upc1275 graitha1300 formc1300 pitchc1330 compoundc1374 to put togethera1387 performc1395 bigc1400 elementc1400 complexion1413 erect1417 framea1450 edifya1464 compose1481 construe1490 to lay together1530 perstruct1547 to piece together1572 condite1578 conflate1583 compile1590 to put together1591 to set together1603 draw1604 build1605 fabric1623 complicate1624 composit1640 constitute1646 compaginate1648 upa1658 complex1659 construct1663 structurate1664 structure1664 confect1677 to put up1699 rig1754 effect1791 structuralize1913 1624 J. Donne Deuotions iv. 68 Monsters compiled and complicated of diuers parents, & kinds. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xii. 73 Ideas..such as..a Man, an Army, the Universe..complicated of various simple Ideas. 1707 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus II. xii. 27 An execrable Deed; So complicated of all Evils, That it outdid the very Devils. 5. To make complex or intricate (as by the introduction of other matter); to render involved or complex. Cf. complicated adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (transitive)] > make difficult or complex perplex1547 encumber1561 intricate1564 impester1601 daedalizea1618 entangle1672 intriguea1677 embarrass1684 complicate1832 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > make complicated [verb (transitive)] entrike?c1425 envolde1451 involve1533 perplex1547 enfold1605 daedalizea1618 fasel1636 interpuzzle1650 puzzle1652 ravel1656 intriguea1677 complicate1832 to twist up1864 1832 J.-C.-L. S. de Sismondi Hist. Ital. Republics x. 228 The war of Lombardy was complicated by its connection with another war. a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. App. 465 These schemes [of logical notations] thus tend rather to complicate, than to explicate. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §27. 382 Where no medial moraines occur to complicate the phenomenon. 1879 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. (new ed.) ix. li. 323 The phenomena of the tides are greatly complicated by the irregular distribution of land. 6. intransitive (for reflexive). To become complicated. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (intransitive)] > become complex or confused complicate1873 to snarl up1962 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > be or become complicated [verb (intransitive)] enfold1605 complicate1873 complexify1914 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. (1877) xiii. 324 Effects which as they diffuse complicate incalculably. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1626v.1621
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