Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, Sophisticated
\So*phis"ti*ca`ted\, a.
Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.
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So truth, while only one supplied the state,
Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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To sophisticate the understanding. --Southey.
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Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to
sophisticate, not to refine. --M. Arnold.
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They purchase but sophisticated ware. --Dryden.
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Syn: To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
sophisticated
adj 1: having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and
refinement and savoir faire; "sophisticated young
socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a
sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" [ant:
naive]
2: ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced
technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
[syn: advanced]
3: marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many
parts of the world arising from urban life and wide
travel; "the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite";
"urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing
rooms of Paris" [syn: urbane]
4: intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"
WordNet (r) 2.0
133 Moby Thesaurus words for "sophisticated":
adult, advanced, blase, bored, braw, brittle, byzantine, chic,
chichi, civilized, classy, clothes-conscious, complex, complicated,
cool, cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, cultivated, cultured, cynical,
daedal, dainty, dapper, dashing, delicate, disabused, disappointed,
discriminating, disenchanted, disillusioned, dressed to advantage,
dressed to kill, elaborate, elegant, enlightened, experienced,
exquisite, fastidious, fine, genteel, gordian, graceful, gracile,
gracious, hardheaded, hep, hip, hoaxproof, intricate, involved,
jaded, jaunty, knotty, knowing, knowledgeable, labyrinthine,
mature, matured, mondaine, multifaceted, natty, neat, nice, nifty,
nobby, not born yesterday, old, polished, posh, practical,
practiced, put straight, realistic, recherche, refined, ripe,
ripened, ritzy, robbed of illusion, sagacious, salty, schooled,
seasoned, set right, sharp, skeptical, sleek, slick, smart, smooth,
smug, snazzy, soigne, soignee, sophisticate, spiffy, spruce,
style-conscious, suave, subtle, svelte, swank, swanky, swell,
tough-minded, tricksy, tried, tried and true, trig, trim,
uncharmed, uncullible, undeceivable, undeceived, undeludable,
undupable, unfoolable, ungullible, unhoaxable, unseduceable,
unsophisticated, unspelled, urbane, veteran, well-bred,
well-dressed, well-groomed, wise, with it, world-weary, world-wise,
worldly, worldly-wise
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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