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Meaning of sophisticate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sophisticate
      n 1: a worldly-wise person [syn: {sophisticate}, {man of the
           world}]
      v 1: make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had
           sophisticated the young girls"
      2: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about
         in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn:
         {twist}, {twist around}, {pervert}, {convolute},
         {sophisticate}]
      3: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;
         "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn: {sophisticate},
         {doctor}, {doctor up}]
      4: make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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