To begin the experiment, the chemist adulterated the mixture. From LearnThat.org.
adulterate liquor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : to adulterate food. From Dictionary.com.
"adulterate" stages where "noise prevails," and "not a tongue of th 'untun'd kennel can a line repeat of serious sense.". From Wordnik.com. [Shakespearean Playhouses A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration] Reference
And gore-faced Treason sprung from her adulterate joy. From Wordnik.com. [Childe Harold's Pilgrimage] Reference
He must refuse to adulterate his wares, for these things are lies. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Duty, v. 2 A year's plain sermons on the Gospels or Epistles] Reference
Montaigne was a Gascon, and Gasconisms adulterate the purity of his. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
When it is used to adulterate linen, it becomes fuzzy through wear. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
Gingelie seed oil, 511, 533 oil, used to adulterate almond oil, 534. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Smooth enough to drink straight; too fine to adulterate with even ice. From Wordnik.com. [MSNBC: Obama Crosses 270 Electoral Vote Threshold] Reference
Sulphate of baryta, the well known adulterate of white lead, does the work. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898] Reference
Roasted cereals and chicory are used extensively to adulterate ground coffee. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
All great masters advise, however, not to mix and adulterate meditation practices. From Wordnik.com. [Taking the Kalachakra Initiation ��� 6 Refuge Commitments and Bodhisattva Vows] Reference
As in the case of numerous other foods, attempts are often made to adulterate coffee. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference
This oil, under the name of Gingilie oil, is used in India to adulterate oil of almonds. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
There are perturbed folks who fear these hybrids adulterate the joy of reading as we know it. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Alderman: All Hail, or Hurl -- The Hybrid Book is Here!] Reference
In other words, by nature, mental activity is clear of various "stains" which do not adulterate it. From Wordnik.com. [Developing Balanced Sensitivity: Practical Buddhist Exercises for Daily Life (Revised Second Edition) ��� 8 Appreciating the Clear Light Nature of Mental Activity] Reference
Holiness very strongly stresses this as well, that we must try not to mix and adulterate practices. From Wordnik.com. [Explanatory Talks at the Rikon Kalachakra Initiation 1985 ��� Day Three] Reference
The merchant commended his bad wares for good, and knew how to adulterate and how to give short measure. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
We need to decorporate all those corporations that adulterate our environment, our bodies, and our minds. From Wordnik.com. [The Most Evil Corporations, Industries and Orgs] Reference
The most convenient and possibly the most common materials used to adulterate milk are water and skim milk. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables] Reference
In the preparation of chocolate a great variety of articles are used to adulterate it and diminish its cost. From Wordnik.com. [The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses] Reference
Contains a poisonous active principle, picrotoxin; used to adulterate beer, and by poachers to stupefy fish. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
Taking these two points together, it is hardly possible to adulterate spirits of turpentine without detection. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889] Reference
Sometimes these nuts are exported to British India, where kernels are used chiefly to adulterate almond kernels. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
Peanuts are largely used to adulterate chocolate, and so far as wholesomeness is concerned, are not objectionable. From Wordnik.com. [The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses] Reference
Nothing is added -- no water to weaken and adulterate, no sugar to sweeten, no coloring essence to deceive the eye. From Wordnik.com. [Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest] Reference
This stuff was vile, with the dusty oversweet industrial taste of the Chinese corn syrup that had been used to adulterate it. From Wordnik.com. [Beard] Reference
As in the example of a gold alloy, deep-awareness alaya is the pure gold and alayavijnana is the other metals that adulterate it. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on An Aspiration Prayer for the Definitive Meaning of Mahamudra ��� 2 Eliminating Confusion about the Practice of the Path] Reference
I would give full weight, besides the paper; I would never sell an egg more than three weeks old; and I would not even adulterate!. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
An artist has a right to sell what he may possess of them, but he has no right to adulterate them to suit the taste of his customers. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
So far, 17 other people, including some accused of selling the melamine mixtures used to adulterate milk, also have appeared in court. From Wordnik.com. [Ex-Executive Pleads Guilty in China's Tainted-Milk Case] Reference
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