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- Dictionarya·dul·ter·ate/əˈdəltəˌrāt/
verb
- 1. render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one: "the meat was ground fine and adulterated with potato flour"
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The meaning of ADULTERATE is to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element; especially : to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients. How to use adulterate 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 definition: 1. to make food or drink weaker or to lower its quality, by adding something else: 2. to make food…. Learn more.
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.
verb [usually passive] If something such as food or drink is adulterated, someone has made its quality worse by adding water or cheaper products to it. The food had been adulterated to increase its weight. [be VERB -ed] There is a regulation against adulterated cosmetics. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: debase, thin, weaken, corrupt More Synonyms of adulterate
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 n.
Adulterate definition: To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients.
Definition of adulterate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "ADULTERATE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
adulterate meaning, definition, what is adulterate: to make food or drink less pure by addin...: Learn more.
