Definitions
1.VerbTo make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
2.VerbTo make (something) less innocent or natural; to artificialize.
3.VerbTo make (something) more sophisticated (“complex, developed, or refined”); to develop, to refine. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
4.VerbTo make (oneself or someone) more sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”); to cosmopolitanize.
5.VerbTo alter and make impure (something) by mixing it with some foreign or inferior substance, especially with an intention to deceive; to adulterate; to corrupt or deceive (someone, their thinking, etc.).
6.VerbTo change the meaning of (something) in a deceptive or misleading way.
7.VerbTo apply an artificial technique to (something).
8.VerbTo practise sophistry (“the (deliberate) making of arguments that seem plausible but are fallacious or misleading”).
9.AdjectiveSynonym of sophisticated (adjective).
Of a person: experienced in the ways of the world; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1.1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; adulterated, impure.
Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.
10.AdjectiveOf a person: experienced in the ways of the world; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
11.AdjectiveOf art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1.1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
12.AdjectiveMixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; adulterated, impure.
13.AdjectiveOf a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.
14.NounA person who is sophisticated (“experienced in the ways of the world, that is, cosmopolitan or worldly-wise”), or who has sophisticated tastes.