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adulterating adj. 搀加的 搀加的 adulterating adj 1: making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; " the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" [ synonym: { adulterating}, { adulterant}] [ ant: { purifying}] 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]
adulterating \ adulterating\ adj. 1. making impure or corrupt by virtue of extraneous origin; -- of impurities. the adulterating effect of extraneous materials { purifying} Syn: adulterant [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; -- of people. Syn: adulterant. [ PJC]
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