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sophisticate

[ noun adjective suh-fis-ti-kit, -keyt; verb suh-fis-ti-keyt ]

noun

  1. a sophisticated person.


adjective

  1. sophisticated.

verb (used with object)

sophisticated, sophisticating.
  1. to make less natural, simple, or ingenuous; make worldly-wise.
  2. to alter; pervert:

    to sophisticate a meaning beyond recognition.

verb (used without object)

sophisticated, sophisticating.
  1. to use sophistry; quibble.

sophisticate

verb

  1. tr to make (someone) less natural or innocent, as by education
  2. to pervert or corrupt (an argument, etc) by sophistry
  3. tr to make more complex or refined
  4. rare.
    to falsify (a text, etc) by alterations
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a sophisticated person
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 蝉辞藞辫丑颈蝉迟颈藢肠补迟辞谤, noun
  • 蝉辞藢辫丑颈蝉迟颈藞肠补迟颈辞苍, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辞耻迟顎却辞路辫丑颈蝉顎僼颈路肠补迟别顎 verb (used with object) outsophisticated outsophisticating
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sophisticate1

1350鈥1400; Middle English (adj. and v.) < Medieval Latin 蝉辞辫丑颈蝉迟颈肠腻迟耻蝉 (past participle of 蝉辞辫丑颈蝉迟颈肠腻谤别 to tamper with, disguise, trick with words), equivalent to Latin sophistic ( us ) ( sophistic ) + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sophisticate1

C14: from Medieval Latin 蝉辞辫丑颈蝉迟颈肠腻谤别, from Latin sophisticus sophistic
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In fact, in the modern, popular understanding of the brain, we really tend to think of this organ as a sophisticated version of the technology it inspired.

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"These are quite sophisticated networks that we're up against who are also involved in lots of quite serious activities as well as modern day slavery, trafficking, drug supply," says Paul.

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The jury felt the "vibrant installation" was a "sophisticated development" of Xa's work.

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鈥淚鈥檓 impressed by how sophisticated the people are that are playing it. It was just a backyard kind of family thing,鈥 he adds.

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From bullet sprays to sweaty Klansmen to buzzards circling overhead, 鈥淪inners鈥 doesn鈥檛 hold back like it鈥檚 too sophisticated to give the audience what they want.

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