Adulterate

[ə'dʌltəreɪt] or [ə'dʌltəret]

Definition

(adj.) mixed with impurities .

Editor: Stu--From WordNet

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

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