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Sophisticating

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so⋅phis⋅ti⋅cate

  [n., adj. suh-fis-ti-kit, -keyt; v. suh-fis-ti-keyt] noun, adjective, verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a sophisticated person.
–adjective
2. sophisticated.
–verb (used with object)
3. to make less natural, simple, or ingenuous; make worldly-wise.
4. to alter; pervert: to sophisticate a meaning beyond recognition.
–verb (used without object)
5. to use sophistry; quibble.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME (adj. and v.) < ML sophisticātus (ptp. of sophisticāre to tamper with, disguise, trick with words), equiv. to L sophistic(us) (see sophistic ) + -ātus -ate 1
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so·phis·ti·cate   (sə-fĭs'tĭ-kāt')   
v.   so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates

v.   tr.

  1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly.

  2. To make impure; adulterate.

  3. To make more complex or inclusive; refine.

v.   intr.
To use sophistry.
n.   (-kĭt)
A sophisticated person.

[Middle English sophisticaten, to adulterate, from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, sophisticāt-, from Latin sophisticus, sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs, sophist; see sophist.]
so·phis'ti·ca'tion n., so·phis'ti·ca'tor n.
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Main Entry: so·phis·ti·cate
Pronunciation: s&-'fis-t&-"kAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -cat·ed;-cat·ing
: to make impure : ADULTERATE sophisticated oil>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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