adulterating
adj . 搀加的
搀加的
adulterating adj 1 :
making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials ;
"
the adulterating effect of extraneous materials " [
synonym :
{
adulterating }, {
adulterant }] [
ant : {
purifying }]
Adulterate \
A *
dul "
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ate \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Adulterated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Adulterating }.] [
L .
adulteratus ,
p .
p .
of adulterare ,
fr .
adulter adulterer ,
prob .
fr .
ad alter other ,
properly one who approaches another on account of unlawful love .
Cf . {
Advoutry }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To defile by adultery . [
Obs .] --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
The present war has . . .
adulterated our tongue with strange words . --
Spectator .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
To corrupt ;
defile ;
debase ;
contaminate ;
vitiate ;
sophisticate .
[
1913 Webster ]
adulterating \
adulterating \
adj .
1 .
making impure or corrupt by virtue of extraneous origin ;
--
of impurities .
the adulterating effect of extraneous materials {
purifying }
Syn :
adulterant [
WordNet 1 .
5 ]
2 .
making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials ;
--
of people .
Syn :
adulterant .
[
PJC ]
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