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sophisticating |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sophisticated}; p. pr & vb n. {Sophisticating}.] [LL. sophisticatus p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.] To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as to sophisticate wine. --Howell. To sophisticate the understanding. --Southey. Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. --M. Arnold. They purchase but sophisticated ware. --Dryden. Syn: To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate.
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