| sophisticate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to make (someone) less natural or innocent, as by education |
| 2. | to pervert or corrupt (an argument, etc) by sophistry |
| 3. | (tr) to make more complex or refined |
| 4. | rare to falsify (a text, etc) by alterations |
| —n | |
| 5. | a sophisticated person |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, from Latin sophisticus sophistic] | |
| sophisti'cation | |
| —n | |
| so'phisticator | |
| —n | |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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