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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, Sophisticated \So*phis"ti*ca'ted\, adjective Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.
So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sophisticated
adjective
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"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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