01 v. t. To defile by adultery.
imp. & p. p.
Adulterated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Adulterating
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1.
To defile by adultery.[Obs.]
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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.
Syn.
To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate; sophisticate.