Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Intricate

Intricate , adjective

[Latin intricatus, past participle of intricare to entangle, perplex. Compare Intrigue, Extricate.]

Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.
His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness. — Addison
The nature of man is intricate. — Burke

Intricate , transitive verb

To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. [Obsolete]
It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise discourses. — Jer. Taylor