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adulterate

1 antonym for adulterate — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Made less pure because another substance has been mixed into it.

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From Latin adulterātus (“adulterate, adulterated, defiled, polluted, counterfeited”), perfect passive participle of adulterō (“to adulterate, defile, commit adultery (with), counterfeit”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ad- (“to, in the direction of”) + alter (“other”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), literally...

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