† implexadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Involved; having a complicated plot.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > complex
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1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 297. ¶2 The Fable..is, according to Aristotle's Division, either Simple or Implex. It is called Simple when there is no change of Fortune in it, Implex, when the Fortune of the chief Actor changes from Bad to Good, or from Good to Bad.
1779 S. Johnson Cowley in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets I. Cowley 138 The fable is plainly implex, formed rather from the Odyssey than the Iliad.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† implexv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To entwine.
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the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > intertwine or interweave [verb (transitive)]
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1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory sig. c7 These forme thy Ghyrlond. Wherof Myrtle green..Is so implexed, and laid in, between.
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