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   com·pli·cate

   /ˈkämpləˌkāt/

   verb

   • 1. make (something) more difficult or confusing by causing it to be more complex: "middlemen can complicate the process"
   • ▪ introduce complications in (an existing condition): "smoking may complicate pregnancy"

   Word Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘combine, entangle, intertwine’): from Latin complicat- ‘folded together’, from the verb complicare, from com- ‘together’ + plicare ‘to fold’.

   Scrabble Points: 18

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