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Adulterating
(gcide) | 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.]
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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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adulterating
(gcide) | adulterating \adulterating\ adj.
1. making impure or corrupt by virtue of extraneous origin;
-- of impurities. the adulterating effect of extraneous
materials purifying
Syn: adulterant
[WordNet 1.5]
2. making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials;
-- of people.
Syn: adulterant.
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adulterating
(wn) | adulterating
adj 1: making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials;
"the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" [syn:
adulterating, adulterant] [ant: purifying] |
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adulterating
(gcide) | 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.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate;
sophisticate.
[1913 Webster]adulterating \adulterating\ adj.
1. making impure or corrupt by virtue of extraneous origin;
-- of impurities. the adulterating effect of extraneous
materials purifying
Syn: adulterant
[WordNet 1.5]
2. making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials;
-- of people.
Syn: adulterant.
[PJC] |
adulterating
(wn) | adulterating
adj 1: making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials;
"the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" [syn:
adulterating, adulterant] [ant: purifying] |
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