Adulterate word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "adulterate" word

[adjective] mixed with impurities
[verb] corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor"

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\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}.] 1. To defile by adultery. [Obs.] --Milton. 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. The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue with strange words. --Spectator. Syn: To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate; sophisticate.
\A*dul"ter*ate\, v. i. To commit adultery. [Obs.]
\A*dul"ter*ate\, a. 1. Tainted with adultery. 2. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious. -- {A*dul"ter*ate*ly}, adv. -- {A*dul"ter*ate*ness}, n.

Synonyms for adulterate

adulterated, debase, debased, dilute, impure, stretch

Related terms: alloy, attenuate, baptize, bastardize, canker, cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, cook, corrupt, cut, deacon, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denaturalize, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devalue, dilute, distort, doctor, doctor up, etherealize, expand, fake, falsify, fortify, infect, irrigate, juggle, lace, load, manipulate, misuse, pack, pervert, plant, poison, pollute, prostitute, rarefy, ravage, ravish, reduce, retouch, rig, salt, sophisticate, spike, stack, subtilize, taint, tamper with, thin, thin out, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, water, water down, weaken, weight

The fun area, different aproach to word »adulterate«

Let's analyse "adulterate" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Four syllables and Five vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ETARETLUDA. Average typing speed for these characters is 2770 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .- -.. ..- .-.. - . .-. .- - .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: adulterate: 1 + 3 + 5 + 1 + 5 = 15, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: adulterate: 1 + 4 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 9 + 1 + 2 + 5 = 35, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (2)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
T (2)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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