Implex

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Implex \Im"plex\, a. [L. implexus, p. p. of implectere to
     infold; pref. im- in + plectere to plait: cf. F implexe.]
     Intricate; entangled; complicated; complex.
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           The fable of every poem is . . . 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.   --Addison.
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