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COMPLEXIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make complex

Example:

he unnecessarily complexified every problem

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "complexify" is one way to...):

complicate; perplex (make more complicated)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

complexifier (someone makes things complex)

complexity (the quality of being intricate and compounded)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have or develop complicating consequences

Example:

These actions will ramify

Synonyms:

complexify; ramify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "complexify" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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