ppl. a. [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. Miss Braddon, J. Haggard’s Dau., I. 9. No adulterated coffee, no sanded sugar, came from his stores.
