So*phis"ti*cate (?), v. 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.

Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine.

They purchase but sophisticated ware.

Syn. -- To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate.

{ So*phis"ti*cate (?), So*phis"ti*ca`ted (?) }, a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.

So truth, while only one supplied the state,
Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate.

So*phis"ti*cate (?), v. 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.

Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine.

They purchase but sophisticated ware.

Syn. -- To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate.

{ So*phis"ti*cate (?), So*phis"ti*ca`ted (?) }, a. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.

So truth, while only one supplied the state,
Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate.

• A worldly-wise person
  
• Make less natural or innocent
  
• Practice sophistry; change the meaning of, or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
  
• Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
  
• Make more complex or refined