Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to adulterate
Participle: adulterated
Gerund: adulterating
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | adulterate |
| you | adulterate |
| he;she;it | adulterates |
| we | adulterate |
| you | adulterate |
| they | adulterate |
Perfect
| I | have adulterated |
| you | have adulterated |
| he;she;it | has adulterated |
| we | have adulterated |
| you | have adulterated |
| they | have adulterated |
Past
| I | adulterated |
| you | adulterated |
| he;she;it | adulterated |
| we | adulterated |
| you | adulterated |
| they | adulterated |
Pluperfect
| I | had adulterated |
| you | had adulterated |
| he;she;it | had adulterated |
| we | had adulterated |
| you | had adulterated |
| they | had adulterated |
Future
| I | will adulterate |
| you | will adulterate |
| he;she;it | will adulterate |
| we | will adulterate |
| you | will adulterate |
| they | will adulterate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have adulterated |
| you | will have adulterated |
| he;she;it | will have adulterated |
| we | will have adulterated |
| you | will have adulterated |
| they | will have adulterated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | adulterate |
| you | adulterate |
| he;she;it | adulterate |
| we | adulterate |
| you | adulterate |
| they | adulterate |
Perfect
| I | have adulterated |
| you | have adulterated |
| he;she;it | have adulterated |
| we | have adulterated |
| you | have adulterated |
| they | have adulterated |
Imperfect
| I | adulterated |
| you | adulterated |
| he;she;it | adulterated |
| we | adulterated |
| you | adulterated |
| they | adulterated |
Pluperfect
| I | had adulterated |
| you | had adulterated |
| he;she;it | had adulterated |
| we | had adulterated |
| you | had adulterated |
| they | had adulterated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would adulterate |
| you | would adulterate |
| he;she;it | would adulterate |
| we | would adulterate |
| you | would adulterate |
| they | would adulterate |
Perfect
| I | would have adulterated |
| you | would have adulterated |
| he;she;it | would have adulterated |
| we | would have adulterated |
| you | would have adulterated |
| they | would have adulterated |
Imperative
| you | adulterate |
| we | Let's adulterate |
| you | adulterate |
Verbs conjugated like 'adulterate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'adulterate'
adulterise,
adulterize,
acculturate,
adulate,
adulter,
adumbrate,
alliterate,
altercate,
alternate,
deuterate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or render worse
- aggravate, canker, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degrade, deteriorate, envenom, exacerbate, impair, infect, pejorate, set back, stain, vitiate, weaken
- contaminate
- pervert, debase, pollute, infect, taint
- mix
- doctor, alloy, amalgamate, commingle, denature, dilute, intermix
Antonyms
- contaminate
- purify, cleanse, sanctify, chasten
- mix
- divide, disperse, disjoin, disconnect
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin adulterātus, see Etymology 1 and -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Sample Sentences
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For thus, that King violated that Oath which he ought moſt religiouſly to have ſworn to; but that he might not ſeem openly and publickly to violate it, he craftily adulterated and corrupted it; and leaſt he himſelf ſhould be accounted perjur'd, he turn'd the very Oath into a Perjury. [...] And who durſt pervert and adulterate that Law which he thought the only Obſtacle that ſtood in his way, and hindred him from perverting all the reſt of the Laws? [1692, John Milton, chapter XII, in [Joseph Washington], transl., A Defence of the People of England, […]: In Answer to Salmasius’s Defence of the King, [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 237:]
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to adulterate coins, drugs, food and drink, etc.
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The present war has so adulterated our tongue with strange words, that it would be impossible for one of our great grandfathers to know what his posterity have been doing, were he to read their exploits in a modern newspaper. [1711 September 18 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “FRIDAY, September 8, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 165; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 356:]
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A merchant has been convicted in Glasgow for adulterating the meal to the Highland poor. [1847, editorial staff, “(untitled Adulterated Food)”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68:]
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Yet ſome would perſwade us, that this abſurd opinion was King Davids; becauſe in the 51st Pſalm he cries out to God, Againſt thee onely have I ſinn'd; as if David had imagin'd that to murder Uriah and adulterate his Wife, had bin no ſinn againſt his Neighbour, when as that Law of Moſes was to the King expreſly, Deut. 17. not to think ſo highly of himſelf above his Brethren. [1649, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates: […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], published 1649 (2nd printing), →OCLC, page 13:]
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But Fortune, oh, / She is corrupted, chang’d, and wonne from thee, / Sh’adulterates hourely with thine Vnckle Iohn, / And with her golden hand hath pluckt on France / To tread downe faire reſpect of Soueraigntie, / And made his Maieſtie the bawd to theirs. [c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 8, column 2:]