adulteringadj.
/əˈdʌlt(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /əˈdəlt(ə)rɪŋ/ Now rare.
1. That adulters (adulter v. 2); corrupting, debasing, adulterating.
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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
1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie i. iii. sig. D2 Shall cock-horse, fat-paunch'd Milo staine whole stocks Of well borne soules, with his adultering spots?
1680 F. Moore in H. Townshend Hist. Coll. Last Four Parl. 328 The Adultering Justice is he, that is a Gentleman-Born,..yet Poor and Needy... No poor Man ought to be in Authority..[because] he will..Bribe you, and Extort you.
1820 Panoplist May 209 Some of the most common and cheap drugs do not escape the adultering hand of the unprincipled druggist.
1997 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 11 Aug. 6 a Vintners..had often intentionally adulterated their product with lead sugar... This adultering practice had become a capital offense in the Moselle and Rhenish wine districts.
2. That commits or is characterized by adultery; adulterous.
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1791 Public Advertiser 12 Oct. Why then should not women take courage, and bring the adultering husband, where he always brings the Adultress? [i.e. to court].
1854 Southern Q. Rev Oct. 348 [The Church's] abhorence of adultery is such, that the fact, that the parties had held adultering relations, precludes their legal connection.
1986 Jrnl. Social Work 4 19 Group rape of an adultering wife, organized by her husband.
2005 Evening Standard (Nexis) 16 Sept. 54 These days the hotel group is attracting more than weary travelling salesmen and adultering couples.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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