Adulterating

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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
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     2. making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials;
        -- of people.
  
     Syn: adulterant.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  adulterating
       adj : making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials;
             "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" [syn:
              {adulterant}] [ant: {purifying}]