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单词 adulterating
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adulteratingn.

Brit. /əˈdʌltəreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈdəltəˌreɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adulterate v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < adulterate v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier adulteration n.
The action or an act of corrupting or debasing something by admixture; the result of this; = adulteration n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > admixture or addition as ingredient > adulteration
cauponation1531
sophistication1541
adulterating1581
bastarding1583
bastardizing1598
sophisticating1611
adultery1616
adulteration1626
adulterism1639
bastardization1650
compassing1669
contagion1695
doctoring1805
1581 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 206/1 His..adulterating, and cunȝeing of our souerane lordis money.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 232 Almost every meanes between God and man, suffers some adulteratings and disguises: But prayer least.
1649 C. Walker Anarchia Anglicana iii. 50 It is a Mocking, a Counterfeiting, an Adulterating and Alchimisting of Justice.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Adulteration The adulterating of gems is a curious art.
1823 F. MacDonogh Hermit Abroad I. 260 A description of the falsifying, drugging, and adulterating of wine.
1991 N. Baker U & I ii. 25 The adulterating of innocent children's holidays by the writer's hyperreceptivity.
2009 Bournemouth Echo (Nexis) 4 Sept. The cutting or adulterating of cocaine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

adulteratingadj.

Brit. /əˈdʌltəreɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈdəltəˌreɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adulterate v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < adulterate v. + -ing suffix2. Compare adultering adj.
1. That commits adultery, adulterous; (more generally) debauched, lecherous. Also figurative. Now archaic.
ΚΠ
?1601 H. Townshend in T. E. Hartley Proc. Parl. Elizabeth I (1995) III. 484 And I call him an adulterateinge justice because looke howe manye brybes he taketh, soe many bastardes he begetteth to the common welth.
1602 H. Clapham Song of Songs: 1st Pt. Expounded xxiii. sig. K7 What if the Lawe put not the adulterating party to death?
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket i. 2 Not erring, adulterating, idolatrising Solomon, but converted, confirmed Solomon.
1707 P. A. Motteux Farewel Folly Prol. And all the Town's Adulterating Crew.
1909 L. Woolf Let. 1 Feb. (1990) 146 I reread the tale about the child who is pinched on the buttocks by the adulterating captain.
2004 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 21 Dec. a11 The punishment for the adulterating sinners..is plainly stipulated [in the Bible]: Death.
2. That adulterates or debases (something).
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > that mixes or blends > that adulterates
sophistical1558
adultering1598
sophisticating1611
adulterating1693
adulterant1737
1693 R. Ames Rake vi. 7 Wine, which as yet has scap'd the Claws Of the Adulterating Vintner's Paws.
1788 tr. in Edinb. Mag. Sept. 172/1 Iron is the adulterating matter.
1821 London Jrnl. Arts & Sci. 2 34 The adulterating vendor of a drug knows that it is adulterated.
1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 Aug. 83/1 I don't mean idle dukes or greedy merchant-princes; my small adulterating shopkeeper I mean you!
1869 Daily News 2 July 2/6 Amongst the adulterating articles were the husks of rice..and acorns.
1906 M. Jacobstein Tobacco Industry U.S. XXVI. iii. 94 The purchase of raw material in bulk, not only leaf, but adulterating ingredients.
1999 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 12 Oct. 1 The labs test for adulterating substances as well.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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