'Sophisticate' definitions:

Definition of 'sophisticate'

(from WordNet)
noun
A worldly-wise person [syn: sophisticate, man of the world]
verb
Make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"
verb
Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn: twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate]
verb
Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn: sophisticate, doctor, doctor up]
verb
Make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"

Definition of 'Sophisticate'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • To sophisticate the understanding. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
  • Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
  • They purchase but sophisticated ware. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate. [1913 Webster] Sophisticate

Definition of 'Sophisticate'

From: GCIDE
  • Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, Sophisticated \So*phis"ti*ca`ted\, a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. [1913 Webster]
  • So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sophisticate'

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