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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.
Use sophisticate in a Sentence
–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

so⋅phis⋅ti⋅cat⋅ed

  [suh-fis-ti-key-tid]
–adjective
1. (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist.
2. pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates: sophisticated music.
3. deceptive; misleading.
4. complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system.
5. of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now.
Also, sophisticate.

Origin:
1595–1605; < ML sophisticāt(us) sophisticate + -ed 2

Related forms:
so⋅phis⋅ti⋅cat⋅ed⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. worldly, cosmopolitan, experienced, cultivated.

Antonyms:
1. naive.
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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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Sophisticate

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.

Sophisticate

So*phis"ti*cate\, Sophisticated \So*phis"ti*ca`ted\, a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.

So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden.
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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>
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