\Com"pli*cate\, a. [L. complicatus, p. p. of
complicare to fold together. See {Complex}.]
1. Composed of two or more parts united; complex;
   complicated; involved.
         How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How
         complicate, how wonderful is man!     --Young.
2. (Bot.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold
   running lengthwise.

\Com"pli*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Complicated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Complicating}.]
To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make
complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or
difficult.
      Nor can his complicated sinews fail.     --Young.
      Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated
      principle of action.                     --Addison.
      When the disease is complicated with other diseases.
                                               --Arbuthnot.