SOPHISTICATE


Meaning of SOPHISTICATE in English

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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.