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#097 - Adulterate
Mar. 18th, 2024 02:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mxcatmoonThis week's word is
Adulterate
From Merriam-Webster
adul·ter·ate ə-ˈdəl-tə-ˌrāt
adulterated, adulterating, adulterator.
VERB
To corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element.
Especially: to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients.
He was in the same plight as the manufacturer who has to adulterate and misrepresent his product. If he does not, some one else will.
—Upton Sinclair
ADJECTIVE
1. being adulterated: Spurious
2. tainted with adultery: Adulterous
… that incestuous, that adulterate beast …
—William Shakespeare
Adulterate
From Merriam-Webster
adul·ter·ate ə-ˈdəl-tə-ˌrāt
adulterated, adulterating, adulterator.
VERB
To corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element.
Especially: to prepare for sale by replacing more valuable with less valuable or inert ingredients.
He was in the same plight as the manufacturer who has to adulterate and misrepresent his product. If he does not, some one else will.
—Upton Sinclair
ADJECTIVE
1. being adulterated: Spurious
2. tainted with adultery: Adulterous
… that incestuous, that adulterate beast …
—William Shakespeare
