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simplify


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Simplify  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  simplify 
  v  1:  make  less  complex;  "reduce  a  problem  to  a  single  question" 
  [syn:  {reduce}] 
  2:  make  simpler  or  easier;  "We  had  to  simplify  the 
  instructions"  [ant:  {complicate}] 




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