Meaning & use
Convolute
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To make something unnecessarily complicated, twisted, or intricate.
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Adding so many exceptions to the rule only served to convolute the policy.
The lawyer's explanation began to convolute rather than clarify the contract.
A note on using this word
More commonly seen as the adjective 'convoluted'; the verb form is rarer but still used, especially in formal or technical writing.
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