adulterate
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a·dul·ter·ate
(ə-dŭl'tə-rāt') 
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients.
adj. (-tər-ĭt)
adulterator a·dul'ter·a'tor n.
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.
To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients.
adj. (-tər-ĭt)
- Spurious; adulterated.
- Adulterous.
[Latin adulterāre, adulterāt-, to pollute.]
adulteration a·dul'ter·a'tion n.adulterator a·dul'ter·a'tor n.
SYNONYMS adulterate, debase, doctor, load. These verbs mean to make impure or inferior by adding foreign substances to something: adulterate coffee with ground acorns; silver debased with copper; doctored the wine with water; rag paper loaded with wood fiber.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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adulterate
verb
- To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances: debase, doctor, load, sophisticate. See clean/dirty.
Antonyms by Answers.com:
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adulterate
adj
Definition: debased or dirty
Antonyms: clean, moral, virtuous
v
Definition: alter or debase, often, for profit
Antonyms: clarify, clean, cleanse, distill, filter, free, purify, refine
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adulterate
IN BRIEF: To make impure.
The chemist needed to be sure that he didn't have an adulterated mixture.
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Saunders Veterinary Dictionary:
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adulteration
Addition of an impure, cheap or unnecessary ingredient to cheat, cheapen or falsify a preparation. Adulteration of ox beef with horsemeat is an example. See also substitution.
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categories related to 'adulterate'
- Falsehood, Pretense, and Exaggeration - adulterate: (vb) alter so as to make less pure or less valuable
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Adulterate
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forfalske, blande op, fortynde
adj. - forfalsket, opblandet, fortyndet
Nederlands (Dutch)
degraderen (door toevoegingen), vervalst
Français (French)
v. tr. - falsifier, frelater
adj. - falsifié, frelaté
Deutsch (German)
v. - verunreinigen, panschen
adj. - verfälscht, ehebrüchig
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - νοθεύω, αλλοιώνω
Italiano (Italian)
adulterare, falsificare
Português (Portuguese)
v. - adulterar, falsificar
Русский (Russian)
подмешивать, совершать прелюбодеяние
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - adulterar, falsificar
adj. - adulterado, falsificado
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tillsätta, späda
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
搀杂, 搀假, 通奸的, 搀杂的, 搀假的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 攙雜, 攙假
adj. - 通姦的, 攙雜的, 攙假的
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 혼합하다, 품질을 낮추다
adj. - 혼합한, 간통의
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 品質を落す, 不純にする
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يغش, مغشوش, زائف
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - מהל, פגם
adj. - מהול, מזויף
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