"recomplicate" meaning in English

See recomplicate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: recomplicates [present, singular, third-person], recomplicating [participle, present], recomplicated [participle, past], recomplicated [past]
Etymology: From re- + complicate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|complicate}} re- + complicate Head templates: {{en-verb}} recomplicate (third-person singular simple present recomplicates, present participle recomplicating, simple past and past participle recomplicated)
  1. (transitive) To complicate again or anew. Tags: transitive Related terms: recomplication

Inflected forms

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