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sophisticate


I - noun
a worldly-wise person (Freq. 1)
Syn:
man of the world
Hypernyms:
adult, grownup
Hyponyms:
cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, slicker

II - verb
1. make less natural or innocent
- Their manners had sophisticated the young girls
Derivationally related forms:
sophistication
Hypernyms:
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
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
Derivationally related forms:
sophistication, twist (for: twist), twisting (for: twist)
Hypernyms:
denote, refer
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
- Sophisticate rose water with geraniol
Syn:
doctor, doctor up
Hypernyms:
load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. make more complex or refined
- a sophisticated design
Derivationally related forms:
sophistication
Hypernyms:
complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

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