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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024so•phis•ti•cate /səˈfɪstɪkɪt, -ˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a sophisticated person.
See -soph-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024so•phis•ti•cate (n., adj. sə fis′ti kit, -kāt′;v. sə fis′ti kāt′),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. n. - a sophisticated person.
adj. - sophisticated.
v.t. - to make less natural, simple, or ingenuous;
make worldly-wise. - to alter;
pervert:to sophisticate a meaning beyondrecognition.
v.i. - to use sophistry;
quibble.
- Medieval Latin sophisticātus (past participle of sophisticāre to tamper with, disguise, trick with words), equivalent. to Latin sophistic(us) (see sophistic) + -ātus -ate1
- Middle English (adjective, adjectival and verb, verbal) 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sophisticate vb /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪt/- (transitive) to make (someone) less natural or innocent, as by education
- to pervert or corrupt (an argument, etc) by sophistry
- (transitive) to make more complex or refined
- rare to falsify (a text, etc) by alterations
n /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪt; -kɪt/- a sophisticated person
Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, from Latin sophisticus sophisticsoˌphistiˈcation n soˈphistiˌcator n |