adulterate
verb (used with object)
to debase or make impure by adding inferior materials or elements; use cheaper, inferior, or less desirable goods in the production of (any professedly genuine article).
has adulterated
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present perfectof adulterate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Plautus has adulterated a rich vein of genuine wit and humour, with a mixture of the basest buffoonry.
From Essays on Wit No. 2 by Richard Flecknoe
Soul defined 482:3 Human thought has adulterated the meaning of the word soul through the hypothesis that soul is both an evil and a good intelligence, resident in matter.
From Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy
The present war has… adulterated our tongue with strange words.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
