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sophisticate |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, Sophisticated \So*phis"ti*ca`ted\, a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sophisticate n : a worldly-wise person [syn: {man of the world}] v 1: make less natural or innocent 2: change the meaning of [syn: {twist}, {twist around}, {pervert}, {convolute}] 3: alter with the intention to deceive; Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn: {doctor}, {doctor up}, {adulterate}] 4: make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"
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