Adulterate

v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Adulterated ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Adulterating ( ).]
	1.	To defile by adultery.
	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. The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue with strange words. - Spectator.
v. i.	1.	To commit adultery.
a.	1.	Tainted with adultery.
	2.	Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.

Verb	1.	adulterate - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" Synonyms: dilute, debase, stretch
Adj.	1.	adulterate - mixed with impurities Synonyms: adulterated, debased

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