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sophisticate

verb

/səˈfɪstɪkeɪt/

Meaning

to make something more complex or refined; to educate or develop in taste and manners

Traveling abroad helped sophisticate his worldview.

refine, cultivate, educate, polish, develop

simplify, coarsen, degrade

sophisticate taste, sophisticate design, sophisticate culture

to disturb or disconcert someone; to cause to feel unsettled

to grasp the meaning, significance, or nature of something

to spread information, knowledge, or ideas widely

to move goods illegally into or out of a country

to depart from an established course; to differ

to contain as a part; to add as a member or element