— adulterator , n.
v. /euh dul"teuh rayt'/ ; adj. /euh dul"teuhr it, -teuh rayt'/ , v. , adulterated, adulterating , adj.
v.t.
1. to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article): to adulterate food.
adj.
2. adulterated.
3. adulterous (def. 1).
[ 1580-90; adulteratus mixed, adulterated (ptp. of adulterare ), equiv. to ad- AD- + -ulter (perh. comb. form of alter other; see ALTER) + -atus -ATE 1 ]