Adulterate
[ə'dʌltəreɪt] or [ə'dʌltəret]
Definition
(v. t.) To defile by adultery.
(v. t.) To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of a foreign or a baser substance; as, to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coin, etc.
(v. i.) To commit adultery.
(a.) Tainted with adultery.
(a.) Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
Typed by Jewel
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Debase, corrupt, vitiate, sophisticate, alloy, dash, deteriorate, make impure.
Typist: Louis
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Debase, corrupt, deteriorate, vitiate, contaminate
ANT:Make_pure, genuine, undeteriorate
Inputed by Effie
Definition
v.t. to corrupt: to make impure (by mixing).—v.i. (obs.) to commit adultery.—adj. defiled by adultery: spurious: corrupted by base elements.—ns. Adult′erant the person or substance that adulterates; Adulterā′tion the act of adulterating: the state of being adulterated.
Typist: Meg
Examples
- A genuine craftsman will not adulterate his product: the reason isn't because duty says he shouldn't, but because passion says he couldn't. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As Manila fiber is at times adulterated with Sisal, so has the latter its adulterant in a plant called Istle, which grows in Mexico and has hitherto been chiefly used in brush making. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nations have sometimes, for the same purpose, adulterated the standard of their coin; that is, have mixed a greater quantity of alloy in it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is not difficult to procure pure soda, but the cream of tartar is frequently adulterated, and care must be used in its purchase. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Most of the vanilla extracts sold for flavoring purposes are adulterated with Tonka beans and other adulterants, some containing not a particle of vanilla. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
Editor: Whitney