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sim⋅pli⋅fy

  [sim-pluh-fahy]
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–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
to make less complex or complicated; make plainer or easier: to simplify a problem.
Origin:
1645–55; < F simplifier < ML simplificāre to make simple, equiv. to L simpli- (comb. form of simplus simple ) + -ficāre -fy

Related forms:
sim⋅pli⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
sim⋅pli⋅fi⋅ca⋅tive, adjective
sim⋅pli⋅fi⋅er, sim⋅pli⋅fi⋅ca⋅tor, noun
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sim·pli·fy   (sĭm'plə-fī')   
tr.v.   sim·pli·fied, sim·pli·fy·ing, sim·pli·fies
To make simple or simpler, as:
a. To reduce in complexity or extent.

[French simplifier, from Old French, from Medieval Latin simplificāre : Latin simplus, simple; see simple + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]
sim'pli·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., sim'pli·fi'er n.
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Word Origin & History

simplify 
1653, from Fr. simplifier "to make simpler" (15c.), from M.L. simplificare "to simplify," from L. simplex "simple" (see simplex) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Meaning "to make easier to do" is from 1759.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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