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 : adulterate2: to deprive of genuineness, naturalness, or simplicity ; especially : to deprive of naïveté and make worldly-wise : disillusion3: to make complicated or complex