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Webster 1913 Edition

Sophisticate

So-phis′ti-cate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sophisticated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sophisticating
.]
[LL.
sophisticatus
, p. p. of
sophisticare
to sophisticate.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sophisticate

SOPHIST'ICATE

, v.t.
1.
To adulterate; to corrupt by something spurious or foreign; to pervert; as, to sophisticate nature, philosophy or the understanding.
2.
To adulterate; to render spurious; as merchandise; as, to sophisticate wares or liquors. They purchase but sophisticated ware.

SOPHIST'ICATE

,
Adj.
Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, when only one supplied the state, grew scarce and dear, and hey sophisticate.

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