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Definition of: adulterate
(ə·dul′tər·āt) v.t. ·at·ed, ·at·ing
To make impure or inferior by admixture of other or baser ingredients; corrupt.
—adjective (ədul′tər·it)
1. Adulterated; corrupted; debased; spurious.
2. Adulterous. [<L adulteratus, pp. of adulterare corrupt < ad- to + alter other, different]
—a·dul′ter·a′tion noun
—a·dul′ter·a′tor noun
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