Antonyms for simplify

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sim-pluh-fahy

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm pləˌfaɪ

Definition of simplify

Origin : 1650s, from French simplifier "to make simpler" (15c.), from Medieval Latin simplificare "to simplify," from Latin simplex "simple" (see simplex) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "to make easier to do" is from 1759. Related: Simplified; simplifying.

verb make easy, intelligible

Example sentences :

Can we not simplify life as we are simplifying the machinery of industry?
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

And when the world is ripe for it another will come and simplify that.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

Special fittings are provided to simplify the work of burning.
Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte

Perhaps some may ask what harm it will do, to simplify language, when talking to children.
Extract from : « The Teacher » by Jacob Abbott

All I ask is that you should simplify the matter by telling me what occurred at your interview.
Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest

I would then at once simplify my life and that of those whom I can directly reach.
Extract from : « Third class in Indian railways » by Mahatma Gandhi

That will simplify the whole matter, and trouble will cease.
Extract from : « Is Shakespeare Dead? » by Mark Twain

Then, too, it will simplify matters when you get to your lodgings.
Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton » by Wardon Allan Curtis

The hand of time had played over her freely, but only to simplify.
Extract from : « The Real Thing and Other Tales » by Henry James

It would also simplify the bookkeeping of the commercial house.
Extract from : « Godfrey Morgan » by Jules Verne

Synonyms for simplify

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