SOPHISTICATE

sophisticate

Noun

  1. A worldly-wise person

Verb

  1. To make less natural or innocent.
  2. 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.
  3. To alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.
    To sophisticate wine. — Howell.
    They purchase but sophisticated ware. — Dryden.
  4. To make more complex or refined.

Adjective

  1. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.


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