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a·dul·ter·ate A0100800 (ə-dŭl′tə-rāt′)tr.v. a·dul·ter·at·ed, a·dul·ter·at·ing, a·dul·ter·ates To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients.adj. (-tər-ĭt) Archaic 1. Spurious; adulterated.2. Adulterous.
[Latin adulterāre, adulterāt-, to pollute; see al- in Indo-European roots.]
a·dul′ter·a′tion n.a·dul′ter·a′tor n.adulterate vb (tr) to debase by adding inferior material: to adulterate milk with water. adj 1. adulterated; debased or impure 2. a less common word for adulterous [C16: from Latin adulterāre to corrupt, commit adultery, probably from alter another, hence to approach another, commit adultery] aˌdulterˈation n aˈdulterˌator na•dul•ter•ate (v. əˈdʌl təˌreɪt; adj. -tər ɪt, -təˌreɪt)
v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj. v.t. 1. to debase or make impure by adding inferior, alien, or less desirable materials or elements. adj. 2. adulterated. 3. adulterous. [1580–90; < Latin adulterātus, past participle of adulterāre to mix, adulterate] a•dul`ter•a′tion, n. a•dul′ter•a`tor, n. adulterate
Past participle: adulterated
Gerund: adulterating
| Imperative |
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| adulterate | | adulterate |
| Present |
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| I adulterate | | you adulterate | | he/she/it adulterates | | we adulterate | | you adulterate | | they adulterate |
| Preterite |
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| I adulterated | | you adulterated | | he/she/it adulterated | | we adulterated | | you adulterated | | they adulterated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am adulterating | | you are adulterating | | he/she/it is adulterating | | we are adulterating | | you are adulterating | | they are adulterating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have adulterated | | you have adulterated | | he/she/it has adulterated | | we have adulterated | | you have adulterated | | they have adulterated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was adulterating | | you were adulterating | | he/she/it was adulterating | | we were adulterating | | you were adulterating | | they were adulterating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had adulterated | | you had adulterated | | he/she/it had adulterated | | we had adulterated | | you had adulterated | | they had adulterated |
| Future |
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| I will adulterate | | you will adulterate | | he/she/it will adulterate | | we will adulterate | | you will adulterate | | they will adulterate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have adulterated | | you will have adulterated | | he/she/it will have adulterated | | we will have adulterated | | you will have adulterated | | they will have adulterated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be adulterating | | you will be adulterating | | he/she/it will be adulterating | | we will be adulterating | | you will be adulterating | | they will be adulterating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been adulterating | | you have been adulterating | | he/she/it has been adulterating | | we have been adulterating | | you have been adulterating | | they have been adulterating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been adulterating | | you will have been adulterating | | he/she/it will have been adulterating | | we will have been adulterating | | you will have been adulterating | | they will have been adulterating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been adulterating | | you had been adulterating | | he/she/it had been adulterating | | we had been adulterating | | you had been adulterating | | they had been adulterating |
| Conditional |
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| I would adulterate | | you would adulterate | | he/she/it would adulterate | | we would adulterate | | you would adulterate | | they would adulterate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have adulterated | | you would have adulterated | | he/she/it would have adulterated | | we would have adulterated | | you would have adulterated | | they would have adulterated |
Thesaurus| 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"dilute, debase, load, stretchstretch, extend - increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance; "stretch the soup by adding some more cream"; "extend the casserole with a little rice"spoil, corrupt - alter from the originalwater down - thin by adding water to; "They watered down the moonshine"doctor, doctor up, sophisticate - alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" | | Adj. | 1. | adulterate - mixed with impuritiesadulterated, debasedimpure - combined with extraneous elements |
adulterateverb debase, thin, weaken, corrupt, deteriorate, mix with, contaminate, devalue, water down, depreciate, attenuate, vitiate, bastardize, make impure The food had been adulterated to increase its weight.adulterateverbTo make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances:debase, doctor, load, sophisticate.TranslationspanschenfalsificardiluerétendrefalsifierfausseradulterareaffatturareartefarecontraffarneadulterateenUK
adulterate (something) with (something)To dilute or corrupt one substance with another. After an increase in fatal overdoses, the police discovered that the local drug dealers were adulterating heroin with fentanyl. The remake adulterates the classic story with a political agenda.See also: adulterateadulterate something with somethingto dilute or taint something with some other substance. They adulterated the wine with some sort of drug.See also: adulterateLegalSeeAdulterationadulterateenUK
Synonyms for adulterateverb debaseSynonyms- debase
- thin
- weaken
- corrupt
- deteriorate
- mix with
- contaminate
- devalue
- water down
- depreciate
- attenuate
- vitiate
- bastardize
- make impure
Synonyms for adulterateverb to make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substancesSynonyms- debase
- doctor
- load
- sophisticate
Synonyms for adulterateverb corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substanceSynonymsRelated Words- stretch
- extend
- spoil
- corrupt
- water down
- doctor
- doctor up
- sophisticate
adj mixed with impuritiesSynonymsRelated Words |