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 the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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