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A*dul"ter*ate (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adulterated (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Adulterating (&unr_;).] [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.]
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1. To defile by adultery. [Obs.] Milton.
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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.
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The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue with strange words. Spectator.
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Syn. -- To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate; sophisticate.
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A*dul"ter*ate, v. i. To commit adultery. [Obs.]
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A*dul"ter*ate (&unr_;), a. 1. Tainted with adultery.
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2. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
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-- A*dul"ter*ate*ly, adv. -- A*dul"ter*ate*ness, n.
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