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Pronunciation : So*phis"ti*cate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [LL. sophisticatus, p.p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Sophisticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sophisticating.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : So*phis"ti*cate, So*phis"ti*ca`ted
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913