Definitions for sophisticate

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sophisticate so·phis·ti·cate

Spelling: [noun, adjective suh-fis-ti-kit, -keyt; verb s

IPA: /noun, adjective səˈfɪs tɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt; verb səˈfɪs tɪˌkeɪt/

Sophisticate is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1170 anagrams from letters in sophisticate (acehiiopsstt).

Definitions for sophisticate

noun

1. a sophisticated person.

adjective

1. sophisticated.

verb (used with object)

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

verb (used without object)

1. to use sophistry; quibble.

Origin of sophisticate

1350-1400; Middle English (adj. and v.) Medieval Latin sophisticātus (past participle of sophisticāre to tamper with, disguise, trick with words), equivalent to Latin sophistic(us) (see

Examples for sophisticate

Here we are in 1970s New York City, with a certain kind of sophisticate; someone must be wearing checked pants.

Because the merit is an unreal merit, it does not corrupt or sophisticate his real merits.

He must needs try to sophisticate us by talking about "the doings of the gods."

As far as Clavering could see, she had every intention of making a sophisticate night of it.

Ours is continually the task to civilize, to sophisticate, to refine this raw material.

Ale was originally made from barley-malt and yeast alone, and those who put in anything else were held to sophisticate the liquor.