To alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
“He is satisfied these means cannot adulterate or sophisticate the wine.”
To make something more complex
“Aronoff's attempt to sophisticate the naive concept of the morphological process is ill-conceived.”
To educate or mold, especially into someone sophisticated
“Allow yourself to be ambitious. Sophisticate yourself.”
To bring to a stage of social and cultural development considered to be more advanced
To make something more urban in character
Plural for a person who lives in a big city
“It gave him a boyish, disheveled look, and he was no longer the Parisian sophisticate.”
Plural for a person with much worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture
“A jet-setting sophisticate herself, she loved showing new friends like Kitty how the other half lived.”
Plural for a worldly, social man who frequents fashionable places
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