desophisticate
English
Etymology
de- + sophisticate
Verb
desophisticate (third-person singular simple present desophisticates, present participle desophisticating, simple past and past participle desophisticated)
- (transitive) To clear from sophism or error.
- 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers
- [he] in sound, sterling, desophisticating sense was far superior to him
- 1826, Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth by Two Brothers
References
desophisticate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913