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/səfˈɪstəkˌeɪt/ /səfˈɪstəkət/ Listen

Sophisticate

verb

(past & past part. sophisticated; pres. part. sophisticating)

Make less natural or innocent.

Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive. Synonyms: convolute, pervert, twist, twist around.

Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive. Synonyms: doctor, doctor up.

Make more complex or refined.

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"Sophisticate" Quotes from Famous Books

... world, is to me the greatest miracle of all. If there had not been, at some time or other, true miracles, it had not been so easy to impose on the people by false. The alchemist would never go about to sophisticate metals to pass them off for true gold and silver, unless that such a thing was acknowledged as true gold and silver in ...

— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli

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