simplify (v.)

• abridge
• aid
• allegorize
• chasten
• clarify
• compress
• crack
• curtail
• cut
• damp
• dampen
• decipher
• decrease
• deduct
• deflate
• demonstrate
• demythologize
• depreciate
• depress
• diminish
• disentangle
• disinvolve
• distill
• downgrade
• ease
• elucidate
• enlighten
• exemplify
• expedite
• explain
• explicate
• exposit
• expound
• facilitate
• grease
• hasten
• illuminate
• illustrate
• lessen
• loose
• lower
• lubricate
• narrow
• oil
• oversimplify
• paraphrase
• pare
• popularize
• purify
• quicken
• rationalize
• reduce
• refine
• restrain
• retrench
• shorten
• show
• smooth
• solve
• speed
• straighten
• streamline
• unbar
• unblock
• unclog
• unfold
• unlock
• unravel
• untangle
• vulgarize