adulterate
21adulterate — [[t]ədʌ̱ltəreɪt[/t]] adulterates, adulterating, adulterated VERB: usu passive If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it. [be V ed] The food had been adulterated …
22adulterate — a·dul·ter·ate || É™ dÊŒltÉ™reɪt v. corrupt, make inferior; water down milk or other liquids …
23adulterate — verb ə dʌltəreɪt make (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance. adjective ə dʌlt(ə)rət archaic not pure or genuine. Derivatives adulterant adjective adulteration noun adulterator noun Origin C16 (as adjective): from L. adulterat …
24adulterate — v. a. Debase, corrupt, contaminate, vitiate, deteriorate, make impure, sophisticate, alloy, dash with, mix or mingle with …
25adulterate — verb (T) to make food or drink less pure by adding another substance of lower quality to it see also: unadulterated adulteration noun (C) …
26adulterate — verb some of the drinks had been adulterated with tranquilizers Syn: make impure, degrade, debase, spoil, taint, contaminate; doctor, tamper with, dilute, water down, weaken; bastardize, corrupt; informal cut, spike, lace, dope See note at …
27adulterate — v alloy, tamper with, doctor, water down, thin out, Sl. cut; defile, make impure, deflower, contaminate, taint, pollute, infect; weaken, enfeeble, Archaic. extenuate, debilitate; impair, vitiate, spoil, mar, unfit, depreciate; degrade, debase,… …
28adulterate — adul·ter·ate …
29adulterate — v. & adj. v.tr. debase (esp. foods) by adding other or inferior substances. adj. spurious, debased, counterfeit. Derivatives: adulteration n. adulterator n. Etymology: L adulterare adulterat corrupt …
30Adulterated — 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 …
