What does sophisticate mean?
Definitions for sophisticate
səˈfɪs tɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt; -ˌkeɪtso·phis·ti·cate
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Princeton's WordNet
sophisticate, man of the worldverb
a worldly-wise person
sophisticateverb
make less natural or innocent
"Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"
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"
sophisticate, doctor, doctor upverb
alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
"Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
sophisticateverb
make more complex or refined
"a sophisticated design"
Wiktionary
sophisticatenoun
A worldly-wise person
sophisticateverb
Make less natural or innocent
sophisticateverb
Make more complex or refined
sophisticateverb
Practice sophistry; change the meaning of, or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
sophisticateverb
Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.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.
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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 Dictionary
Sophisticateverb
to render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine
Sophisticateadjective
alt. of Sophisticated
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sophisticate in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sophisticate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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