adulterating, adulterant
(adjective) making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; “the adulterating effect of extraneous materials”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
adulterating
present participle of adulterate
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Source: Wiktionary
A*dul"ter*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adulterated; p. pr. & vb. n Adulterating.] Etym: [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.
A*dul"ter*ate, v. i.
Definition: To commit adultery. [Obs.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 April 2025
(noun) food mixtures either arranged on a plate or tossed and served with a moist dressing; usually consisting of or including greens
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
