adulterate

ADUL'TERATE, 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.

ADUL'TERATE, v.i. To commit adultery. Obs.

ADUL'TERATE, a. Tainted with adultery; debased by foreign mixture.