Definition of Adulterate. Meaning of Adulterate. Synonyms of Adulterate

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Definition of Adulterate

Adulterate
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.
Adulterate
Adulterate A*dul"ter*ate, v. i. To commit adultery. [Obs.]
Adulterate
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.

Meaning of Adulterate from wikipedia

- caused by the act of adulteration, a practice of secretly mixing a substance with another. Typical substances that are adulterated include but are not...
- Olive oil regulation and adulteration are complex issues overseen and studied by various governmental bodies, non-governmental organizations, and private...
- the CTC method is that it tends by its nature, and unfortunately by adulteration, to homogenize all black tea flavors. In the process of crushing, tearing...
- In China, the adulteration and contamination of several food and feed ingredients with inexpensive melamine and other compounds, such as cyanuric acid...
- in foods, as a laxative, and as a denture adhesive. It is also used to adulterate Gum tragacanth due to their similar physical characteristics. As a food...
- is the protection of food products from intentional contamination or adulteration by biological, chemical, physical, or radiological agents introduced...
- using a substance (referred to as the lacing agent or cutting agent) to adulterate substances independent of the reason. The resulting substance is laced...
- the idea that "criminal intercourse with a married woman ... tended to adulterate the issue [children] of an innocent husband ... and to expose him to support...
- fingerprinting in humans allows adulterated and non-basmati strains to be detected, with a detection limit from 1% adulteration upwards with an error rate...
- 2008 Chinese heparin adulteration, refers to heparin adulteration incidents that occurred in the United States of America in 2008. Pharmaceutical company...