sophisticate

1. v. t. To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine. Source: opted

2. a. Alt. of Sophisticated Source: opted

3. n. a worldly-wise person Source: wordnet

4. v. make less natural or innocent Source: wordnet

5. v. practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive Source: wordnet

6. v. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive Source: wordnet

7. v. make more complex or refined Source: wordnet

8. 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. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. Dryden. Source: webster

9. To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; topervert; 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. Source: adambom

10. n:100 n. a worldly-wise person v. make less natural or innocent v. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive Source: ecdict

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