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Adulterate \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}.]
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1. To defile by adultery. [Obs.] --Milton.
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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.
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The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue
with strange words. --Spectator.
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Syn: To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate;
sophisticate.
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adulterating \adulterating\ adj.
1. making impure or corrupt by virtue of extraneous origin;
-- of impurities. the adulterating effect of extraneous
materials {purifying}

Syn: adulterant
[WordNet 1.5]

2. making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials;
-- of people.

Syn: adulterant.
[PJC]

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