Part 190

<blockquote>The present war has . . . <b>adulterated</b> our tongue with strange words. <i>Spectator.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate; sophisticate.</syn>

<h1>Adulterate</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dul"ter*ate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To commit adultery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Adulterate</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dul"ter*ate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Tainted with adultery.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.</def>

-- <wordforms><wf>A*dul"ter*ate*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>A*dul"ter*ate*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Adulteration</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dul`ter*a"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adulteratio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture.</def>

<blockquote>The shameless <b>adulteration</b> of the coin. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An adulterated state or product.</def>

<h1>Adulterator</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dul"ter*a`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who adulterates or corrupts.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Cudworth.</i>

<h1>Adulterer</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dul"ter*er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Formed fr. the verb <ets>adulter</ets>, with the E. ending <ets>-er</ets>. See <er>Advoutrer</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <def>A man who violates his religious covenant.</def>

<i>Jer. ix. 2.</i>

<h1>Adulteress</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dul"ter*ess</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Fem. from L. <ets>adulter</ets>. Cf. <er>Advoutress</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A woman who commits adultery.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Script.)</fld> <def>A woman who violates her religious engagements.</def>

<i>James iv. 4.</i>

<h1>Adulterine</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dul"ter*ine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt><ety>[L. <ets>adulterinus</ets>, fr. <ets>adulter</ets>.]</ety> <def>Proceeding from adulterous intercourse. Hence: Spurious; without the support of law; illegal.</def>

<blockquote>When any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called <b>adulterine</b> guilds. <i>Adam Smith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Adulterine</h1> <Xpage=24>

<hw>A*dul"ter*ine</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An illegitimate child.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>