[so.phis.ti.cate] vt -cat.ed ; -cat.ing [ME, fr. ML sophisticatus, pp. of sophisticare, fr. L sophisticus sophistic, fr. Gk sophistikos, fr. sophistes sophist] (15c) 1: to alter deceptively; esp: adulterate
2: to deprive of genuineness, naturalness, or simplicity; esp: to deprive of naivete and make worldly-wise: disillusion
3: to make complicated or complex
[2]so.phis.ti.cate n (1923): a sophisticated person