complicating


com·pli·cate

C0531100 (kŏm′plĭ-kāt′)tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates 1. To make or become complex or perplexing.2. To twist or become twisted together.adj. (-kĭt)1. Complex, intricate, and involved.2. Biology Folded longitudinally one or several times, as certain leaves or the wings of some insects.
[Latin complicāre, complicāt-, to fold together : com-, com- + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]