Sophisticate Definition
sə-fĭstĭ-kāt
sophisticated, sophisticates, sophisticating
verb
sophisticates, sophisticating
To change from being natural, simple, artless, etc. to being artificial, worldly-wise, urbane, etc.
Webster's New World
To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly.
Travel tends to sophisticate a person.
American Heritage
To bring to a more developed, complex, or refined form, technique, level, etc.
Webster's New World
To corrupt or mislead.
Webster's New World
To make impure by mixture or adulteration.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Sophisticate
Noun
Singular:
sophisticatePlural:
sophisticatesOrigin of Sophisticate
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Middle English sophisticaten to adulterate from Medieval Latin sophisticāre sophisticāt- from Latin sophisticus sophistic from Greek sophistikos from sophistēs sophist sophist
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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