Main Entry: ¹so·phis·ti·cate

Pronunciation: \sə-ˈfis-tə-ˌkāt\

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): so·phis·ti·cat·ed; so·phis·ti·cat·ing

Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin sophisticatus, past participle of sophisticare, from Latin sophisticus sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs sophist

Date: 15th century

1 : to alter deceptively; especially : adulterate
2 : to deprive of genuineness, naturalness, or simplicity; especially : to deprive of naïveté and make worldly-wise : disillusion
3 : to make complicated or complex