Associations to the word «Adulterate»

Wiktionary

ADULTERATE, adjective. Tending to commit adultery.
ADULTERATE, adjective. Corrupted; impure; adulterated.
ADULTERATE, verb. To corrupt.
ADULTERATE, verb. To spoil by adding impurities.
ADULTERATE, verb. To commit adultery.
ADULTERATE, verb. To defile by adultery.

Dictionary definition

ADULTERATE, verb. Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor".
ADULTERATE, adjective. Mixed with impurities.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats