Adulterate

A·dul·ter·ate

Adulterate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Adulterated; p. pr. & vb. n. Adulterating

  1. To defile by adultery. [Obs.]
  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.

Adulterate

v. i.
  1. To commit adultery. [Obs.]

Adulterate

a.
  1. Tainted with adultery.
  2. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.