5 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) 2.0 [wn]:
adulterate
adj : mixed with impurities [syn: {adulterated}, {debased}]
v : corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or
inferior substance; often by replacing valuable
ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn:
{stretch}, {dilute}, {debase}]
From eng-fra [engfra]:
adulterate
[ədʌltərət]
diluer, étendre