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KJV Dictionary / A / adulterant

KJV Dictionary Definition: adulterant

adulterant

ADUL'TERANT, n. The person or thing that adulterates.

adulterate

ADUL'TERATE, 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.

ADUL'TERATE, v.i. To commit adultery. Obs.

ADUL'TERATE, a. Tainted with adultery; debased by foreign mixture.

adulterated

ADUL'TERATED, pp. Corrupted; debased by a mixture with something of less value.

adulterateness

ADUL'TERATENESS, n. The quality or state of being debased or counterfeit.

adulterating

ADUL'TERATING, ppr. Debasing; corrupting; counterfeiting.

adulteration

ADULTERA'TION, n. The act of adulterating, or the state of being adulterated, corrupted or debased by foreign mixture.

The adulteration of liquors, of drugs, and even of bread and beer, is common, but a scandalous crime.

adulterer

ADUL'TERER, n. L. adulter.

1. A man guilty of adultery; a man who has sexual commerce with any married woman, except his wife. See Adultery.

2. In scripture, an idolator. Ezek. 23.

3. An apostate from the true faith, or one who violates his covenant engagements; a very wicked person. Jer. 9 and 23.

4. One devoted to earthly things. James, 4.

adulterous

ADUL'TEROUS, a.

1. Guilty of adultery; pertaining to adultery.

2. In scripture, idolatrous, very wicked. Mat. 12 and 16. Mark, 8.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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