SOPHISTICATE


Meaning of SOPHISTICATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ səˈfɪstɪkeɪt ]

v., adj., & n. --v. 1 tr. make (a person etc.) educated, cultured, or refined. 2 tr. make (equipment or techniques etc.) highly developed or complex. 3 tr. a involve (a subject) in sophistry. b mislead (a person) by sophistry. 4 tr. deprive (a person or thing) of its natural simplicity, make artificial by worldly experience etc. 5 tr. tamper with (a text etc.) for purposes of argument etc. 6 tr. adulterate (wine etc.). 7 intr. use sophistry. --adj. sophisticated. --n. a sophisticated person. øøsophistication n. [med.L sophisticare tamper with f. sophisticus (as SOPHISM)]

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