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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for adulterate:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
adulterate
    adj 1: mixed with impurities [syn: adulterate, adulterated,
           debased]
    v 1: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or
         inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients
         with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn: load,
         adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
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   1. To defile by adultery. [Obs.] --Milton.
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   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.
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            The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue
            with strange words.                   --Spectator.
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   Syn: To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate;
        sophisticate.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Adulterate \A*dul"ter*ate\, v. i.
   To commit adultery. [Obs.]
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Adulterate \A*dul"ter*ate\, a.
   1. Tainted with adultery.
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   2. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance;
      adulterated; spurious.
      [1913 Webster] -- A*dul"ter*ate*ly, adv. --
      A*dul"ter*ate*ness, n.
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