simplify Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent
    • We had to simplify the instructions
    • this move will simplify our lives

WordNet

Sim"pli*fy transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. simplifier, LL. simplificare. See Simple, and -fy.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Simplified ; present participle & verbal noun Simplifying
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913