Sophisticate meaning

sə-fĭs'tĭ-kāt'

To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly.

Travel tends to sophisticate a person.

verb

To make more complex or refined.

Sophisticated the theory to take criticism into account.

verb

To use sophistry.

verb

A sophisticated person.

noun

To change from being natural, simple, artless, etc. to being artificial, worldly-wise, urbane, etc.

verb

To bring to a more developed, complex, or refined form, technique, level, etc.

verb

To make impure by mixture or adulteration.

verb

To corrupt or mislead.

verb

A sophisticated person.

noun

A worldly-wise person.

noun

To make less natural or innocent.

verb

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.

verb

To alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.

To sophisticate wine. "” Howell.

They purchase but sophisticated ware. "” Dryden.

verb

To make more complex or refined.

verb

Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.

adjective

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

Sophisticate Sentence Examples