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English Dictionary: adulterate by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adulterate
adj
  1. mixed with impurities [syn: adulterate, adulterated, debased]
v
  1. corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
    Synonym(s): load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.]
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adulterate \A*dul"ter*ate\, v. i.
      To commit adultery. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Adulterate \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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