adulterated

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

mixed with impuritiesSynonyms: adulterate debased

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Adulterate \A*dul"ter*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]

adulterated \adulterated\ adj.

1.having been made impure by addition of inferior ingredients; -- said of substances or foods

Note: used ususally of articles of commerce, dulted with less costly materials so as to enhance profit; -- usually imlying that the dilution is surreptitious and unethical

Syn: adulterate, debased [WordNet 1.5]