Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Sophisticate has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:
a worldly-wise person
A worldly-wise person.
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
"Don't twist my words"
alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
"Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
To make less natural or innocent.
Not genuine; not pure; adulterated.