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4 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adulterate adj : mixed with impurities [syn: {adulterated}, {debased}] v 1: alter with the intention to deceive; Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn: {sophisticate}, {doctor}, {doctor up}] 2: add water to a mixture to dilute it "adulterate liquor" [syn: {stretch}, {water down}, {dilute}, {debase}]
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