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Include is a related term of complicate.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between include and complicate

is that include is (obsolete) to conclude; to terminate while complicate is (obsolete) intertwined.

As verbs the difference between include and complicate

is that include is to bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member while complicate is to fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.

As a noun include

is (computing) a piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.

As an adjective complicate is

(obsolete) intertwined.

include

English

Alternative forms

* enclude (obsolete)

Verb

(includ)
  • To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
  • I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
  • To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
  • The vacation package includes car rental.
    Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
    I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
    up to and including page twenty-five
  • * Milton
  • The whole included race, his purposed prey.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The loss of such a lord includes all harm.
  • (obsolete) To enclose, confine.
  • *, New York, 2001, p.107:
  • I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.
  • (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Come, let us go; we will include all jars / With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity.

    Antonyms

    * exclude

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
  • * 2006 , Laura Lemay, Rafe Colburn, Sams Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and CSS in One Hour a Day
  • In the previous lesson, you learned how to use server-side includes , which enable you to easily include snippets of web pages within other web pages.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    complicate

    English

    Verb

    (complicat)
  • To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
  • Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your education.
  • to expose involvement in a convoluted matter.
  • John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.
    The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.

    Synonyms

    * (expose involvement in a convoluted matter) intricate, entangle, embroil, mix up (in something), mire

    See also

    * complex

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Intertwined.
  • Complex, complicated.
  • * 1745 , Edward Young, Night-Thoughts , I:
  • How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, / How complicate , how wonderful, is Man!