Lexic.us

Definition of Adulterate

1. Verb. Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. "Adulterate liquor"

Definition of Adulterate

1. v. t. To defile by adultery.

2. v. i. To commit adultery.

3. a. Tainted with adultery.

Definition of Adulterate

1. Adjective. Tending to commit adultery. ¹

2. Adjective. Corrupted; impure; adulterated. ¹

3. Verb. To corrupt. ¹

4. Verb. To spoil by adding impurities. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adulterate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adulterate

Literary usage of Adulterate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"A grave solemn dance, with slow and measured steps, like the minuet. Grasp'd arm in arm in thy adulterate bed, Men call in witness of your ..."

2. Rambles in the United States and Canada During the Year 1845: With a Short by Thomas Horton James (1847)
"... Streets—Fires every Night—Boarding-Houses— Nothing eatable or drinkable in them—Americans adulterate everything—Eat like Wolves —Men have no Shoulders, ..."

3. The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the by William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1811)
"The adulterate Hastings, Rivers, Vaughan, Grey, And the beholders of this tragick play, Richard yet lives, hell's black intelligencer ; Untimely smother'd ..."

4. Tracts Concerning Christianity by Andrews Norton (1852)
"... but are an adulterate seed from a degenerate and corrupt man." The reasoning of Calvin appears to be this: — God created Adam with a nature very ..."

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