SOPHISTICATE
sophisticate
Noun
- A worldly-wise person
Verb
- To make less natural or innocent.
- To practice sophistry; change the meaning of, or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.
- To sophisticate the understanding. — Southey.
- Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. — M. Arnold.
- To alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.
- To sophisticate wine. — Howell.
- They purchase but sophisticated ware. — Dryden.
- To make more complex or refined.
Adjective
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