I. sə-ˈfis-tə-ˌkāt transitive verb
( -cat·ed ; -cat·ing )
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin sophisticatus, past participle of sophisticare, from Latin sophisticus sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs 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
II. -ti-kət, -tə-ˌkāt noun
Date: 1923
: a sophisticated person