SOPHISTICATING

Verb

sophisticating

present participle 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