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desophisticate

verb

Etymology

From de- + sophisticate.

  1. derived from σοφιστικός
  2. derived from sophisticus — “pertaining to the ancient Sophists, sophistic; pertaining to sophistry, sophistic, sophistical”
  3. derived from sophisticātus
  4. inherited from sophisticaten — “to mix (something) with a foreign or inferior substance, adulterate”
  5. prefixed as desophisticate — “de + sophisticate”

Definitions

  1. To clear from sophism or error.

    • [he] in sound, sterling, desophisticating sense was far superior to him

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