Definition for IN'TRI-CATE

IN'TRI-CATE, a. [L. intricatus, from intrico, to fold; in and tricor; It. intrecciare. See Trick.]

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.

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