complicate
verb
[ ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt ]
• make (something) more complicated.
• "increased choice will complicate matters for the consumer"
Similar:
make (more) difficult,
make complex,
make complicated,
mix up,
confuse,
muddle,
entangle,
embroil,
mess up,
snarl up,
screw up,
perplex,
embarrass,
ravel,
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘combine, entangle, intertwine’): from Latin complicat- ‘folded together’, from the verb complicare, from com- ‘together’ + plicare ‘to fold’.