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so·phis·ti·cate
[n., adj. suh-fis-ti-kit, -keyt; v. suh-fis-ti-keyt] noun, adjective, verb, so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing. noun
1.
a sophisticated person.
adjective
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Sophisticate
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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; Middle English (adj. and v.) < Medieval Latin sophisticātus (past participle of sophisticāre to tamper with, disguise, trick with words), equivalent to Latin sophistic(us) (see sophistic) + -ātus -ate1
1350–1400; Middle English (adj. and v.) < Medieval Latin sophisticātus (past participle of sophisticāre to tamper with, disguise, trick with words), equivalent to Latin sophistic(us) (see sophistic) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
out·so·phis·ti·cate, verb (used with object), out·so·phis·ti·cat·ed, out·so·phis·ti·cat·ing.
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Example Sentences
- They're decidedly not meant for the nursery-school set nor for a fashionable sophisticate.
- He's not a sophisticate and doesn't spend his discretionary time with sophisticates.
- Lionel will be a suave sophisticate and have many wives.
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World English Dictionary
| 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 | |
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