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sophisticated |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, Sophisticated \So*phis"ti*ca`ted\, a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sophisticated}; p. pr & vb n. {Sophisticating}.] [LL. sophisticatus p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.] To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as to sophisticate wine. --Howell. To sophisticate the understanding. --Southey. Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine. --M. Arnold. They purchase but sophisticated ware. --Dryden. Syn: To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sophisticated adj 1: having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" [ant: {naive}] 2: ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system" [syn: {advanced}] 3: marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel; "the sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite"; "urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing rooms of Paris" [syn: {urbane}] 4: intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"
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