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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/complicate http://www.thefreedictionary.com/complicate tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates 1. To mak
by heretohelp 14y ago
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/complicate http://www.thefreedictionary.com/complicate
tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates
1. To make or become complex or perplexing.
2. To twist or become twisted together.
* ---> To make or become complex <--- *
Why did we need this complect business again?
- repsilat 14y agoI thought it was pretty clear - he used "complect" because it shared an etymological root with "complex". The whole talk is about drawing distinctions between superficially related concepts, and using specific definitions based on words' etymological histories to do it. The word "complicated" is generally synonymous with the word "complex", but that doesn't matter - the word "simple" is generally synonymous with the word "easy", after all. If Rich Hickey had said "complicate" viewers may well have asked whether he meant "to make complex" or "to make complicated", and perhaps wonder whether he was trying to draw a distinction between those concepts as well.