Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-DUL'TER-ATE
A-DUL'TER-ATE, 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. – Boyle.
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