complexify

To make more complex; to complicate.

Verb

  1. To make more complex; to complicate.
    • A surveilled target using properly encrypted VOIP can greatly complexify the task of wire-tapping.

    Antonyms: simplify

Origin

Etymology tree English complex Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English complexify From complex + -ify.

Forms

complexifies complexifying complexified

Related

complex complexification complexified complexifying complexity decomplexification decomplexified decomplexify decomplexifying