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SOPHISTICATES
Noun
sophisticates
plural of sophisticate
Source: Wiktionary
SOPHISTICATE
So*phis"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sophisticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sophisticating.] Etym: [LL. sophisticatus, p.p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.]
Definition: 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.
So*phis"ti*cate, So*phis"ti*ca`ted, a.
Definition: Adulterated; not pure; not genuine. So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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