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Definition of sophisticate
sophisticated
;sophisticating
transitive verb
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
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Examples of sophisticate in a Sentence
there's no need to sophisticate something that is beautiful in its simplicity
vanilla extract that has been sophisticated with corn syrup
Origin and Etymology of sophisticate
Middle English, from Medieval Latin sophisticatus, past participle of sophisticare, from Latin sophisticus sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs sophist
Definition of sophisticate
: a sophisticated person
Examples of sophisticate in a Sentence
sophisticates laughing at people they thought of as hicks
Recent Examples of sophisticate from the Web
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Meanwhile, the investors in Shkreli’s funds were sophisticates with money to burn, Brafman suggested.
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While musicologists now treat Bruckner (1824-96) as a sophisticate, popular discussion of him has long centered on his naïveté, his social fumbling and on esoteric debates about the editing of his scores.
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First Known Use of sophisticate
1923
SOPHISTICATE Defined for English Language Learners
sophisticate
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: a person who has a lot of knowledge about the world and about culture, art, literature, etc. : a sophisticated person
Medical Dictionary
sophisticate
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sophisticated
;sophisticating
: to make impure : adulterate a sophisticated oil
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