recomplicate

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verb

To complicate again or anew.

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Meanings

verbrecomplicate (third-person singular simple present recomplicates, present participle recomplicating, simple past and past participle recomplicated)

present singular third person recomplicates · participle present recomplicating · participle past recomplicated · past recomplicated

  1. transitiveTo complicate again or anew.
    1 more example

    Both tendencies enabled her to be one of a small group of painters — including Philip Guston, Frank Stella and Brice Marden — who during the 1970s rebuilt the medium from scratch, recomplicating and expanding its parameters and proving that it was still ripe for innovation, in part because of its rich history.

    2007 August 13, Roberta Smith, “Elizabeth Murray, 66, Artist of Vivid Forms, Dies”, in New York Times

Origin

From re- + complicate.

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APA

recomplicate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recomplicate

MLA

“recomplicate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recomplicate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recomplicate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recomplicate.

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