so|phis|ti|cate

so|phis|ti|cate
so|phis|ti|cate «verb, adjective. suh FIHS tuh kayt; noun. suh FIHS tuh kayt, -kiht», verb, -cat|ed, -cat|ing, noun, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to make experienced in worldly ways; cause to lose one's natural simplicity and frankness; make worldly-wise: »

They spoke out their thoughts with a rude freedom which…proved that they had not been sophisticated into prigs (Lisle Carr).

2. to ma more advanced; make complex: »

Modifications in the design of the station were made partly as a result of…the sophisticating of the equipment (London Times).

3. to mislead: »

Books of casuistry, which sophisticate the understanding and defile the heart (Robert Southey).

4. to involve in sophistry; misstate: »

I have…Sophisticated no truth, Nursed no delusion (Matthew Arnold).

5. to adulterate; debase: »

to sophisticate a commodity.

–v.i.
Archaic. to use sophistry; quibble.
–n.
a sophisticated person.
–adj.
= sophisticated. (Cf. ↑sophisticated)
╂[< Medieval Latin sophisticare (with English -ate1) to cheat, quibble < Latin sophisticus sophistical < Greek sophistikós < sophist see etym. under sophist (Cf. ↑sophist)]

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  • Unsophisticated — Unsophisticate Un so*phis ti*cate, Unsophisticated Un so*phis ti*ca ted, a. Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine. [1913 Webster] {Un so*phis ti*ca ted*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Unsophisticatedness — Unsophisticate Un so*phis ti*cate, Unsophisticated Un so*phis ti*ca ted, a. Not sophisticated; pure; innocent; genuine. [1913 Webster] {Un so*phis ti*ca ted*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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