[VN] to make sth more difficult to do, understand or deal with:
I do not wish to complicate the task more than is necessary. * To complicate matters further, there will be no transport available till 8 o'clock. * The issue is complicated by the fact that a vital document is missing.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, complicate is tagged as verb.
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