ADULTERATE Copy link • ADULTERATE 1. v. corrumpere (corrupt by an internal change of quality): vitiare (general term, to make faulty, spoil; e.g., pecunias, merces): adulterare (to introduce what is bad or spurious into what is good and genuine; e.g., nummos, gemmas): interpolare (to give anything a good appearance by dressing it up; with additions; e.g., merces: to falsify a document by additions and erasures): transcribere (to falsify in copying). Commit adultery, adulterium facere, inire, committere, etc. Vid: ADULTERY. 2. v. Adulterated money, nummus adulterinus (a coin of adulterated metal).