verb
definition
To corrupt.
definition
To spoil by adding impurities.
example
to adulterate food, drink, drugs, coins, etc.
definition
To commit adultery.
definition
To defile by adultery.
adjective
definition
Mixed with impurities
Examples of adulterated in a Sentence
First, that the oils used are 100 percent natural, not adulterated in any way.
They are occasionally adulterated with the leaves of Inula Conyza, ploughman's spikenard, which may be distinguished by their greater roughness, their less divided margins, and their odour when rubbed; also with the leaves of Symphytum officinale, comfrey, and of Verbascum Thapsus, great mullein, which unlike those of the foxglove have woolly upper and under surfaces.
Ox and sheep tallow, with the addition of resin, are the primary materials for making the hard yellow or primrose soaps; these tallows are often adulterated.
It is to be observed that with the exception of Burgred's coins and a few anonymous pieces the silver was never adulterated.
The genuine attar of roses is costly and it is frequently adulterated.
Contact dermatitis from olive oil, which is often adulterated, was noted by Greenberg and Lester (1954 ).
The scheme was so adulterated that the additional financial benefit to British universities to enable them to compete worldwide will be minimal.
Arctander (1960) believed that the sweet birch oil of commerce is adulterated synthetic methyl salicylate.
Since ancient times, saffron has been adulterated with other spices, such as safflower and the more bitter turmeric.
Consumers are protected from herbs adulterated with pesticides or poorly prepared products that contain ingredients other than that which are stated on the product label.
Saliva or oral fluid based tests are becoming more popular because of the convenience of the method and the fact that there is no chance for these tests to be adulterated.
Rubber used to make the mulch may come from truck or car tires that are adulterated with chemicals, road oils and salts, which in turn may go right into the soil.
Amongst its chief recommendations were those relating to amendments in the Agricultural Holdings Acts, and to tithe rentcharge, railway rates, damage by game, sale of adulterated products, and sale of imported goods (meat, for example) as home produce.
One species was a liquid, which was apt to be adulterated; but when pure it had the property of blackening when added to pomegranate juice.
Thus in Nuremberg a regular saffron inspection was held, and in the 15th century we read of men being burned in the market-place along with their adulterated saffron, while on another occasion three persons convicted of the same crime were buried alive.
As for the popular religion of the larger Church, they scorned it as an adulterated, manipulated Christianity.
The rhizome of Acorus Calamus is sometimes adulterated with that of Iris Pseudacorus, which, however, is distinguishable by its lack of odour, a stringent taste and dark colour.
The trade - only 300 chests in 1859 - gradually increased until 1877, when the Persian opium was much adulterated with glucose.
The Roman Catholic religion was enforced at the time of the conquest, but a large percentage of the natives may still be considered semi-pagan, the gods of their ancestors being worshipped in secret, and the forms and tenets of the dominant faith, which they but faintly comprehend, being largely adulterated with superstitions and practices of pagan origin.