Definitions for sophisticate
səˈfɪs tɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt; -ˌkeɪtso·phis·ti·cate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. sophisticate, man of the worldverb

   a worldly-wise person

2. sophisticateverb

   make less natural or innocent

   "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"

3. twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticateverb

   practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

   "Don't twist my words"

4. sophisticate, doctor, doctor upverb

   alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

   "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"

5. sophisticateverb

   make more complex or refined

   "a sophisticated design"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sophisticatenoun

   A worldly-wise person

2. sophisticateverb

   Make less natural or innocent

3. sophisticateverb

   Make more complex or refined

4. sophisticateverb

   Practice sophistry; change the meaning of, or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

5. sophisticateverb

   Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sophisticatepart. adj.

   Adulterate; not genuine.

   Etymology: from the verb.

   Since then a great part of our scientifical treasure is most likely to be adulterate, though all bears the image and superscription of truth; the only way to know what is sophisticate and what is not so, is to bring all to the examen of the touchstone. Joseph Glanvill.

   So truth, when only one supply’d the state,
   Grew scarce and dear, and yet sophisticate. Dryden.

2. To Sophisticateverb

   To adulterate; to corrupt with something spurious.

   Etymology: sophistiquer, Fr from sophist

   If the passions of the mind be strong, they easily sophisticate the understanding, they make it apt to believe upon every slender warrant, and to imagine infallible truth, where scarce any probable shew appeareth. Richard Hooker.

   Here’s three of us are sophisticated. William Shakespeare.

   Divers experiments succeeded not, because they were at one time tried with genuine materials, and at another time with sophisticated ones. Boyle.

   The only persons amongst the heathens, who sophisticated nature and philosophy, were the Stoicks; who affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the elicite acts of man’s will. Robert South, Sermons.

   Yet the rich cullies may their boasting spare;
   They purchase but sophisticated ware:
   ’Tis prodigality that buys deceit,
   Where both the giver and the taker cheat. Dryden.

   The eye hath its coats and humours transparent and colourless, lest it should tinge and sophisticate the light that it lets in by a natural jaundice. Richard Bentley.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sophisticate

   A sophisticate is a person who is knowledgeable, experienced, and well-informed, particularly in matters of culture, world affairs, or the arts. This individual usually exhibits refined manners, etiquette, tastes, and possesses a high level of education. Sophisticate can also refer to making something more complex, advanced, or subtle.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sophisticateverb

   to render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine

2. Sophisticateadjective

   alt. of Sophisticated

Matched Categories

1. • Adulterate
   • Complicate
   • Educate

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sophisticate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sophisticate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sophisticate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sophisticate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sophisticate
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sophisticate