Antonyms for sophisticate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : noun, adjective suh-fis-ti-kit, -keyt; verb suh-fis-ti-keyt

Phonetic Transcription : noun, adjective səˈfɪs tɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt; verb səˈfɪs tɪˌkeɪt

Definition of sophisticate

Origin : c.1400, "make impure by admixture," from Medieval Latin sophisticatus, past participle of sophisticare (see sophistication). From c.1600 as "corrupt, delude by sophistry;" from 1796 as "deprive of simplicity." Related: Sophisticated; sophisticating. As a noun meaning "sophisticated person" from 1921.

verb adulterate

Example sentences :

He must needs try to sophisticate us by talking about "the doings of the gods."
Extract from : « Nineteenth Century Questions » by James Freeman Clarke

Ale was originally made from barley-malt and yeast alone, and those who put in anything else were held to sophisticate the liquor.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

As far as Clavering could see, she had every intention of making a Sophisticate night of it.
Extract from : « Black Oxen » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

Ours is continually the task to civilize, to sophisticate, to refine this raw material.
Extract from : « Craftsmanship in Teaching » by William Chandler Bagley

Because the merit is an unreal merit, it does not corrupt or sophisticate his real merits.
Extract from : « All Things Considered » by G. K. Chesterton

Synonyms for sophisticate

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