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sophisticate
[ noun adjective suh-fis-ti-kit, -keyt; verb suh-fis-ti-keyt ]
adjective
- sophisticated.
verb (used with object)
- to make less natural, simple, or ingenuous; make worldly-wise.
- to alter; pervert:
to sophisticate a meaning beyond recognition.
verb (used without object)
- to use sophistry; quibble.
sophisticate
verb
- tr to make (someone) less natural or innocent, as by education
- to pervert or corrupt (an argument, etc) by sophistry
- tr to make more complex or refined
- rare.to falsify (a text, etc) by alterations
noun
- a sophisticated person
Derived Forms
- soˈphistiˌcator, noun
- soˌphistiˈcation, noun
Other Words From
- outso·phisti·cate verb (used with object) outsophisticated outsophisticating
Word History and Origins
Origin of sophisticate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sophisticate1
Example Sentences
The vertigo your coastal sophisticate might get from perusing 1791.
Here we are in 1970s New York City, with a certain kind of sophisticate; someone must be wearing checked pants.
The collection shows the princess's evolution from Sloane Ranger to sleek sophisticate.
A great mind can neither sophisticate nor suppress its earnest convictions.
Ours is continually the task to civilize, to sophisticate, to refine this raw material.
As far as Clavering could see, she had every intention of making a Sophisticate night of it.
He must needs try to sophisticate us by talking about "the doings of the gods."
Ale was originally made from barley-malt and yeast alone, and those who put in anything else were held to sophisticate the liquor.
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