English-Thai Dictionary

adulterate

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่ บริสุทธิ์  ซึ่ง ถูก เจือปน  sueng-mai-bo-ri-sud

 

adulterate

VT ปลอมปน  เจือปน  ทำให้ ไม่ บริสุทธิ์  intermix dilute plom-pon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADULTERATE

v.t.[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.

 

ADULTERATE

v.i.To commit adultery. Obs.

 

ADULTERATE

a.Tainted with adultery; debased by foreign mixture.

 

ADULTERATED

pp. Corrupted; debased by a mixture with something of less value.

 

ADULTERATENESS

n.The quality or state of being debased or counterfeit.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADULTERATE

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.

 

ADULTERATE

ADULTERATE A *dul "ter *ate, v. i.

 

Defn: To commit adultery. [Obs. ]

 

ADULTERATE

ADULTERATE 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adulterate

a dul ter ate |əˈdəltəˌrāt əˈdəltəˌreɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] render (something ) poorer in quality by adding another substance, typically an inferior one: the meat was ground fine and adulterated with potato flour. DERIVATIVES a dul ter a tion |əˌdəltəˈrāSHən |noun, a dul ter a tor |-ˌrātər |noun ORIGIN early 16th cent. (as an adjective meaning ‘spurious ’): from Latin adulterat- ‘corrupted, ’ from the verb adulterare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

adulterate

adul ¦ter |ate ▶verb |əˈdʌltəreɪt | [ with obj. ] render (something ) poorer in quality by adding another substance: the brewer is said to adulterate his beer. ▶adjective |əˈdʌlt (ə )rət | archaic not pure or genuine: adulterate remedies. DERIVATIVES adulteration |-ˈreɪʃ (ə )n |noun, adulterator noun ORIGIN early 16th cent. (as an adjective ): from Latin adulterat- ‘corrupted ’, from the verb adulterare.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

adulterate

adulterate verb some of the drinks had been adulterated with tranquilizers: make impure, degrade, debase, spoil, taint, contaminate; doctor, tamper with, dilute, water down, weaken; bastardize, corrupt; informal cut, spike, lace, dope. ANTONYMS purify.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

adulterate

adulterate verb the brewer was accused of adulterating his beer: make impure, degrade, debase, spoil, taint, defile, contaminate, pollute, foul, sully; doctor, tamper with, mix, lace, dilute, water down, thin out, weaken; bastardize, corrupt; informal cut, spike, dope; rare vitiate. ANTONYMS refine.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adulterate

a dul ter ate /ədʌ́ltərèɪt /動詞 他動詞 〈飲食物 液体など 〉に «…を » 混ぜる, «…を混ぜて » 品質を落とす «with » .形容詞 不純な ; 品質を落とした .a d ù l ter á tion 名詞 U 粗悪 [不純 ]化 ; C ｟まれ ｠粗悪品 .a d ú l ter à tor 名詞 C 粗悪品製造者 .