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sophisticate
/səˈfɪstɪkeɪt/
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What does sophisticate mean?
verb
- To make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
- To make (something) more sophisticated (“complex, developed, or refined”); to develop, to refine.
- To make (oneself or someone) more sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”); to cosmopolitanize.
More meanings (9)
verb
- (figuratively) To alter and make impure (something) by mixing it with some foreign or inferior substance, especially with an intention to deceive; to adulterate; (generally) to corrupt or deceive (someone, their thinking, etc.).
- To change the meaning of (something) in a deceptive or misleading way.
- To practise sophistry (“the (deliberate) making of arguments that seem plausible but are fallacious or misleading”).
- (archaic) To apply an artificial technique to (something).
adjective
- Of a person: experienced in the ways of the world; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
- Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1.1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
- (obsolete) Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; adulterated, impure.
- (obsolete) Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.
noun
- A person who is sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”), or who has sophisticated tastes.
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IPA pronunciation
/səˈfɪstɪkeɪt/
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First ye shall well know, that the natural balm is full clear, and of citron colour and strongly smelling; and if it be thick, or red or black, it is sophisticate, that is to say, counterfeited and made like it for deceit.