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Definition of Sophisticate
1. Verb. Make less natural or innocent. "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"
Derivative terms: Sophistication
2. Noun. A worldly-wise person.
Generic synonyms: Adult, Grownup
Specialized synonyms: Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolite, Slicker
3. Verb. Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. "Don't twist my words"
Generic synonyms: Denote, Refer
Derivative terms: Sophistication, Sophistication, Twist, Twisting
4. Verb. Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive. "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
5. Verb. Make more complex or refined. "A sophisticated design"
Definition of Sophisticate
1. v. t. To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.
2. a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.
Definition of Sophisticate
1. Noun. A worldly-wise person ¹
2. Verb. Make less natural or innocent ¹
3. Verb. Practice sophistry; change the meaning of, or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive ¹
4. Verb. Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive ¹
5. Verb. Make more complex or refined ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sophisticate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Medical Definition of Sophisticate
1. To adulterate. Origin: Mod. L. Sophisticare, pp. Sophisticatus, to alter deceptively, fr. G. Sophistikos, deceitful (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sophisticate
Literary usage of Sophisticate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"If the passions of the mind be strong they easily sophisticate the understanding ;
they make it apt to believe upon every slender warrant, ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1896)
"“Some others, indeed, have tobacco from Florida that they sophisticate and farde
in sundrie sorts with black spice, galanga, ..."
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