Literary notes about complicate (AI summary)
The word "complicate" has been used in literature to indicate the introduction or amplification of intricacies in a variety of contexts. In some instances, such as in [1] and [2], it enhances challenges or mysteries—whether by layering mathematical detail or by deepening an enigmatic riddle. In works like [3], the term conveys the deliberate addition of deceptive complexities to political events, while in [4] it highlights a conscious effort to avoid overloading terminology. Adventure and narrative twists are noted in [5], where a sudden discovery makes situations even murkier, and pragmatic directions are issued in [6] to prevent further entanglement. Philosophical discourse also benefits from its nuanced use, as seen in [7], where the author opts to postpone detailed critique, and in [8] it reflects on the human tendency to overthink and excessively elaborate systems.
- To further complicate things, there were many coins which were various fractional values of Pennies, Shillings or Pounds.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - A shape hitherto unnoticed, stirred, rose, came forward: a shape inharmonious with the environment, serving only to complicate the riddle further.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë - Some Filipinos, to save themselves, tried to complicate Rizal with the Katipunan uprising by palpable falsehoods.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig - [1205] We use the Arunta words, in order not to complicate our terminology; the Warramunga call this mythical period Wingara.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim - The situation did not change in the least, though a discovery I suddenly made seemed to complicate it very much.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - "Just sit in the corner there, that your footprints may not complicate matters.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle - But not to interrupt and complicate my own exposition by a constant polemic against Kant, I have relegated this to a special appendix.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer - Now men in their aspect of equality and debate adore the idea of rules; they develop and complicate them greatly to excess.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton