sophisticate (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 41
def make less natural or innocent
examples Their manners had sophisticated the young girls
Frame - 10 Something ----s somebody
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Hypernym educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
Derivationally related form sophisticate → sophisticate; sophisticate → sophistication
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Derivationally related form sophistication → sophisticate; sophisticate → sophisticate
Hyponym educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise

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