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Adulteration

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a·dul·ter·ate  (-dlt-rt)
tr.v. a·dul·ter·at·ed, a·dul·ter·at·ing, a·dul·ter·ates
To make impure by adding extraneous, improper, or inferior ingredients.
adj. (-tr-t)
1. Spurious; adulterated.
2. Adulterous.
[Latin adulterre, adultert-, to pollute; see al-1 in Indo-European roots.]
a·dulter·ation n.
a·dulter·ator n.
Synonyms: adulterate, debase, doctor, load
These verbs mean to make impure or inferior by adding foreign substances to something: adulterate coffee with ground acorns; silver debased with copper; doctored the wine with water; rag paper loaded with wood fiber.
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Noun1.adulteration - being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
debasement
impureness, impurity - the condition of being impure
2.adulteration - the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)
change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
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On returning to his native land, he still continued to turn his chemical knowledge to account, by giving his services to that particular branch of our commercial industry which is commonly described as the adulteration of commodities; and from this he had gradually risen to the more refined pursuit of adulterating gold and silver--or, to use the common phrase again, making bad money.
A Rogue's Life by Collins, Wilkie View in context
I suppose no boy of twenty really loves a WOMEN, but loves only his etherealised extract of woman, entirely free from earthy adulteration.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Of course, imitation and adulteration are the essence of competition--they are but another form of the phrase 'to buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.
The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context
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