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a•dul•ter•ate



Pronunciation: (
—v.u-dul'tu-rāt";
—adj.u-dul'tur-it, -tu-rāt"), [key]
—v., -at•ed, -at•ing,
—adj.

—v.t.
to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article): to adulterate food.

—adj.
1. adulterated.
2. adulterous (def. 1).

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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