ADUL'TERATE, L. adultero, from adulter, mixed, or an adulterer ad and alter, other.
To corrupt, debase, or make impure by an admixture of baser materials as, to adulterate liquors, or the coin of a country.
ADUL'TERATE, To commit adultery. Obs.
ADUL'TERATE, a. Tainted with adultery debased by foreign mixture.
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