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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

SOPHISTICATE



I. transitive verb (-cated; -cating)
Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin sophisticatus, past participle of sophisticare, from Latin sophisticus sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs sophist
Date: 15th century
to alter deceptively, to deprive of genuineness, naturalness, or simplicity, to make complicated or complex,

II. noun
Date: 1923
a sophisticated person