Associations to the word «Sophisticate»
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Wiktionary
SOPHISTICATE, noun. A worldly-wise person
SOPHISTICATE, verb. To make less natural or innocent.
SOPHISTICATE, verb. To practice sophistry; change the meaning of, or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive.
SOPHISTICATE, verb. To alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive.
SOPHISTICATE, verb. To make more complex or refined.
SOPHISTICATE, adjective. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.
Dictionary definition
SOPHISTICATE, noun. A worldly-wise person.
SOPHISTICATE, verb. Make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls".
SOPHISTICATE, verb. Practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words".
SOPHISTICATE, verb. Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol".
SOPHISTICATE, verb. Make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.