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Definition of Sophisticate

Sophisticate
Sophisticate So*phis"ti*cate, Sophisticated So*phis"ti*ca`ted, a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden.
Sophisticate
Sophisticate So*phis"ti*cate, 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.

Meaning of Sophisticate from wikipedia

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