Adulteration, n. Debasement, corruption, deterioration, sophistication, etc. See adulterate.

Adulterous, a. Guilty of adultery, committing adultery, advouteous, impure, debased, illicit, spurious, corrupt, unchaste, rakish, dissolute.

Adultery, n. Violation of the marriage-bed, infidelity, breaking of the marriage-vows, advoutry, criminal conversation, crim. con.

Adumbrate, v. a.

    1. Shadow, foreshadow, shadow out, shadow forth, dimly outline, indicate, hint at, approximate, represent approximately, suggest, trace vaguely, faintly delineate.
    2. Typify, represent, symbolize, show, denote, stand for, image, figure, prefigure, allegorize, image forth, be a parable of.
    3. Darken, bedarken, dim, bedim, obscure, hide, conceal, overcast, overshadow, enshade, enshadow, disillumine, obumbrate, becloud, send into partial eclipse, send into a penumbral light.

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