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The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture.

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  1. n. The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture.
  2. n. An adulterated state or product.
  3. n. being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
  4. n. the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)
  5. 1. The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture. The shameless adulteration of the coin. Prescott. 2. An adulterated state or product.
  6. n:100 n. being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating n. the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)