adulterated, ppl. a.
(əˈdʌltəreɪtɪd)
[f. prec. + -ed.]
† 1. Defiled by, tainted with, or guilty of adultery. = adulterate a. 1. Obs.
| 1607 Topsell Four-footed Beasts (1673) 576 An adulterated woman desiring to make away her jealous husband. |
2. Corrupted, debased, spurious, counterfeit; in modern usage, corrupted by admixture of a baser ingredient. = adulterate a. 2.
| 1610 Carleton Jurisd. 73 Cælestinus..resolued with shame ynough to stand for the adulterated Canon. 1640 Fuller Joseph's Coat iii. (1867) 128 Jezebel..stopped up the leaks of age with adulterated complexion, and painted her face. 1675 Otway Alcib. iii. ii. (1735) 36 Your Guards I'll with adulterated wine secure. 1723 Bp. Nicholson in Ellis Orig. Lett. ii. 446 IV. 332 Losing all our Gold and Silver in exchange for Halfpence and farthings of an adulterated metal. 1853 Kane Grinnell Exped. xvii. (1856) 132 The adulterated breeds of the Danish settlements. 1876 M. E. Braddon J. Haggard's Dau. I. 9 No adulterated coffee, no sanded sugar, came from his stores. |