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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire;
- Example: "sophisticated young socialites"
- Example: "a sophisticated audience"
- Example: "a sophisticated lifestyle"
- Example: "a sophisticated book"

2. ahead in development; complex or intricate;
- Example: "advanced technology"
- Example: "a sophisticated electronic control system"
[syn: advanced, sophisticated]

3. intellectually appealing;
- Example: "a sophisticated drama"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         To sophisticate the understanding.       --Southey.
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         Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to
         sophisticate, not to refine.             --M. Arnold.
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         They purchase but sophisticated ware.    --Dryden.
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   Syn: To adulterate; debase; corrupt; vitiate.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sophisticate \So*phis"ti*cate\, Sophisticated
\So*phis"ti*ca`ted\, a.
   Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.
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         So truth, while only one supplied the state,
         Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate. --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sophisticated
    adj 1: having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and
           refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young
           socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated
           lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" [ant: naif, naive]
    2: ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced
       technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"
       [syn: advanced, sophisticated]
    3: intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"