Pronunciation: s ə - ' fis-t ə - ˌ k ā t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -cat · ed ; -cat · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin sophisticatus, past participle of sophisticare, from Latin sophisticus sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophist ē s sophist
Date: 15th century
1 : to alter deceptively especially : ADULTERATE
2 : to deprive of genuineness, naturalness, or simplicity especially : to deprive of naïveté and make worldly-wise : DISILLUSION
3 : to make complicated or complex