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present participle of complicate
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1
to make complex or difficult
- the need to go to both a PTA conference and condo board meeting really complicates tonight's schedule
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2
to make more severe
- asthma that has recently been complicated by a bout of bronchitis
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“Complicating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/complicating. Accessed 18 Jan. 2022.
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