ADULTERATE
\ɐdˈʌltəɹˌe͡ɪt], \ɐdˈʌltəɹˌeɪt], \ɐ_d_ˈʌ_l_t_ə_ɹ_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of ADULTERATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
By Princeton University
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corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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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Tainted with adultery.
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Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
By Oddity Software
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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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Tainted with adultery.
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Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To deteriorate by adding material of inferior quality, or indifferent material which increases the bulk without altering, otherwise than weakening, the action.
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Adulteration.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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