- 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
- To defile by adultery.Obs
- 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.To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate; sophisticate.
