Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM'PLEX
IM'PLEX, a. [L. implexus. See Implicate.]
Infolded; intricate; entangled; complicated. Every poem is simple or implex; it is called simple, when there is no change of fortune in it; implex, when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad. Spectator.
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