sophisticating

Variant of sophisticate

sophisticate definition

so·phis·ti·cate (sə fis′tə kāt′; for n., usually, -kit)

transitive verb sophisticated -·cat′ed, sophisticating -·cat′·ing

  1. to change from being natural, simple, artless, etc. to being artificial, worldly-wise, urbane, etc.
  2. to bring to a more developed, complex, or refined form, technique, level, etc.
  3. Now Rare to make impure by mixture or adulteration
  4. Archaic to corrupt or mislead

Etymology: ME sophisticaten < ML sophisticatus, pp. of sophisticare < L sophisticus: see sophistical

intransitive verb

Rare to use sophistical reasoning

noun

a sophisticated person

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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