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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intricate \In"tri*cate\, a. [L. intricatus p. p. of intricare to entangle, perplex. Cf {Intrigue}, {Extricate}.] Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow arrange, or adjust as intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness. --Addison. The nature of man is intricate. --Burke. Syn: {Intricate}, {Complex}, {Complicated}. Usage: A thing is complex when it is made up of parts it is complicated when those parts are so many or so arranged, as to make it difficult to grasp them it is intricate when it has numerous windings and confused involutions which it is hard to follow out What is complex must be resolved into its parts what is complicated must be drawn out and developed; what is intricate must be unraveled. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Intricate \In"tri*cate\, v. t. To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. [Obs.] It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise discourses. --Jer. Taylor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: intricate adj 1: highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" [syn: {Byzantine}, {convoluted}, {involved}, {knotty}, {labyrinthine}, {tangled}, {tortuous}] 2: marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"; "intricate needlework" [syn: {elaborate}, {luxuriant}]
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