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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; < French simplifier < Medieval Latin simplificāre to make simple, equivalent to Latin simpli- (combining form of simplus simple) + -ficāre -fy
1645–55; < French simplifier < Medieval Latin simplificāre to make simple, equivalent to Latin simpli- (combining 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
non·sim·pli·fi·ca·tion, noun
su·per·sim·pli·fy, verb (used with object), -fied, -fy·ing.
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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.
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