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verb
- 1. render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance: "the brewer is said to adulterate his beer"
adjective
- 1. not pure or genuine: archaic "adulterate remedies"
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Learn the meaning of adulterate as a verb and an adjective, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Adulterate means to make impure or weaker by adding an unnecessary or lower-grade substance, especially in food or drugs.
Adulterate means to make food or drink weaker or lower its quality by adding something else. Learn more about this verb, its pronunciation, synonyms, and translations in different languages.
Adulterate definition: to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article). See examples of ADULTERATE used in a sentence.
If you adulterate something, you mess it up. You may not want to adulterate the beauty of freshly fallen snow by shoveling it, but how else are you going to get to work? The verb adulterate comes from the Latin word adulterare, which means “to falsify,” or “to corrupt.”.
Adulterate means to make something worse by adding inferior or harmful substances to it. It can also mean to commit adultery or be unfaithful. Learn more about the word origin, usage, and related terms.
Adulterate means to make impure by adding inferior or foreign substances, or to debase or corrupt something. Find the origin, usage, and examples of adulterate and its related words in this online dictionary.
Definition of adulterate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
