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sophisticator

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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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