About The Word Adulterate
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Adulterate
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What's The Definition Of Adulterate?
[adj] mixed with impurities
[v] corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" Synonyms | Synonyms for Adulterate: adulterated | debase | debased | dilute | impure | stretch Related Terms | Find terms related to Adulterate: alloy | attenuate | baptize | bastardize | canker | cheapen | coarsen | confound | contaminate | cook | corrupt | cut | deacon | debase | debauch | defile | deflower | degenerate | degrade | denaturalize | denature | deprave | desecrate | despoil | devalue | dilute | distort | doctor | doctor up | etherealize | expand | fake | falsify | fortify | infect | irrigate | juggle | lace | load | manipulate | misuse | pack | pervert | plant | poison | pollute | prostitute | rarefy | ravage | ravish | reduce | retouch | rig | salt | sophisticate | spike | stack | subtilize | taint | tamper with | thin | thin out | twist | ulcerate | violate | vitiate | vulgarize | warp | water | water down | weaken | weight See Also | corrupt | doctor | doctor up | sophisticate | spoil | water down Adulterate In Webster's Dictionary \A*dul"ter*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adulterated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Adulterating}.] [L. adulteratus, p. p. of
adulterare, fr. adulter adulterer, prob. fr. ad + alter
other, properly one who approaches another on account of
unlawful love. Cf. {Advoutry}.]
1. To defile by adultery. [Obs.] --Milton.
2. To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a
foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food,
drink, drugs, coin, etc.
The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue
with strange words. --Spectator.
Syn: To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate;
sophisticate.
\A*dul"ter*ate\, v. i. To commit adultery. [Obs.] \A*dul"ter*ate\, a. 1. Tainted with adultery. 2. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious. -- {A*dul"ter*ate*ly}, adv. -- {A*dul"ter*ate*ness}, n. |
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