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Sophisticate

To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

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Broader term 18

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Adulterate 76% connected

To defile by adultery.

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Civilize 76% connected

To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Complicate 76% connected

Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.

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Cultivate 76% connected

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

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Debase 76% connected

To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to de…

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Denote 76% connected

To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dilute 76% connected

To make thinner or more liquid by admixture with something; to thin and dissolve by mixing.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Educate 76% connected

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly limited to the…

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Elaborate 76% connected

Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Load 76% connected

A burden; that which is laid on or put in anything for conveyance; that which is borne or sustained; a weight; as, a heavy load.

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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

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Refine 76% connected

To reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; to free from impurities; to free from dross or alloy; to separate from extraneous matter; to purify; to…

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School 76% connected

A shoal; a multitude; as, a school of fish.

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Stretch 76% connected

To reach out; to extend; to put forth.

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Train 76% connected

To draw along; to trail; to drag.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Narrower term 3

Cosmopolitan 76% connected

Alt. of Cosmopolite

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Cosmopolite 76% connected

One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.

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Slicker 76% connected

That which makes smooth or sleek.

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Derivationally related 2

Sophistication 74% connected

The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sophistication 74% connected

The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.

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Synonym 4

Convolute 92% connected

Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in aestivation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Doctor 92% connected

A teacher; one skilled in a profession, or branch of knowledge learned man.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pervert 92% connected

To turnanother way; to divert.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Twist 92% connected

To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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