Definitions for: Simplify


[v] make simpler or easier or reduce in complxity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives"



Webster (1913) Definition: Sim"pli*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Simplified; p. pr.
& vb. n. Simplifying.] [Cf. F. simplifier, LL.
simplificare. See Simple, and -fy.]
To make simple; to make less complex; to make clear by giving
the explanation for; to show an easier or shorter process for
doing or making.

The collection of duties is drawn to a point, and so
far simplified. --A. Hamilton.

It is important, in scientific pursuits, to be caitious
in simplifying our deductions. --W.
Nicholson.

Antonyms: complicate, perplex

See Also: alter, change, oversimplify, reduce

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