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Noun sophisticate has 1 sense
- sophisticate, man of the world - a worldly-wise person
--1 is a kind of adult, grownup
--1 has particulars: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite; slicker
Verb sophisticate has 4 senses
- sophisticate - make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"
--1 is one way to educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
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- twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticate - practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
--2 is one way to denote, refer
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- sophisticate, doctor, doctor up - alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
--3 is one way to adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
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- sophisticate - make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"
--4 is one way to complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
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