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verb
- 1. render (something) poorer in quality by adding another substance: "the brewer is said to adulterate his beer"
adjective
- 1. not pure or genuine: archaic "adulterate remedies"
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Learn the meaning of adulterate as a verb and an adjective, with synonyms, examples, and word history. Adulterate means to make impure or weaker by adding an unnecessary or lower-grade substance, especially in food or drugs.
Adulterate means to make food or drink weaker or lower its quality by adding something else. Learn more about the verb, its pronunciation, synonyms, and translations in different languages.
Adulterate means to make something worse by adding water or cheaper products to it. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of adulterate with Collins English Dictionary.
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 means to make something impure or alter its original form by adding inferior materials or elements. It is often used in the context of food products, but it can also apply to other situations, such as medicines, cosmetics, and fuel.
Adulterate means to make impure by adding inferior or foreign substances, or to debase or corrupt something. Find the origin, usage, and examples of adulterate and its related words in this online dictionary.
Adulterate means to make impure or inferior by adding something harmful or undesirable. It comes from Latin adulterāre, meaning to corrupt or adulterate. See examples, pronunciation, and related words.
