desophisticate

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ sophisticate.

Verb

desophisticate (third-person singular simple present desophisticates, present participle desophisticating, simple past and past participle desophisticated)

1. (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

References

“desophisticate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.