IN'TRICATE, adjective [Latin intricatus, from intrico, to fold; in and tricor.] Entangled, involved; perplexed; complicated; obscure. We passed through intricate windings. We found the accounts intricate The case on trial is intricate The plot of a tragedy may be too intricate to please. IN'TRICATE, verb transitive To perplex; to make obscure. [Little used.]
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