Sophisticate /(?)/

So·phis·ti·cate

Sophisticate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Sophisticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sophisticating

  1. To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.
    To sophisticate the understanding.
    Yet Butler professes to stick to plain facts, not to sophisticate, not to refine.
    They purchase but sophisticated ware.

Sophisticate

a.
  1. Adulterated; not pure; not genuine.
    So truth, while only one supplied the state, Grew scare and dear, and yet sophisticate.