vt. 掺杂

a. 掺假的, 假的, 通奸的

[法] 搀进, 假冒

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}.]
1. To defile by adultery. [Obs.] --Milton.

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.

The present war has . . . adulterated our tongue
with strange words. --Spectator.

Syn: To corrupt; defile; debase; contaminate; vitiate;
sophisticate.


Adulterate \A*dul"ter*ate\, v. i.
To commit adultery. [Obs.]


Adulterate \A*dul"ter*ate\, a.
1. Tainted with adultery.

2. Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance;
adulterated; spurious.
※ -- {A*dul"ter*ate*ly}, adv. --
{A*dul"ter*ate*ness}, n.