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Sophisticate

Sophisticate Meaning & Definition
Sophisticate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sophisticate?

[n] a worldly-wise person
[v] practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
[v] make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"
[v] alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
[v] make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sophisticate: convolute | doctor | doctor up | man of the world | pervert | twist | twist around

Related Terms | Find terms related to Sophisticate:

See Also | adult | adulterate | civilise | civilize | complicate | cosmopolitan | cosmopolite | cultivate | debase | denote | dilute | educate | elaborate | grownup | rarify | refer | refine | school | slicker | stretch | train

Sophisticate In Webster's Dictionary

\So*phis"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sophisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sophisticating}.] [LL. sophisticatus, p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.] To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine. --Howell. To sophisticate the understanding. --Southey. Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. --M. Arnold. They purchase but sophisticated ware. --Dryden. Syn: To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate.
\So*phis"ti*cate\, Sophisticated

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