sophisticate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sophisticate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sophisticate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sophisticate n a worldly-wise person [syn: sophisticate, {man of the world}] v make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls" practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" Synonym(s): twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" Synonym(s): sophisticate, doctor, doctor up make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sophisticate \Sophis"ticate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sophisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sophisticating}.] [LL. sophisticatus, p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sophisticate \Sophis"ticate\, Sophisticated \Sophis"tica`ted\, a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden.