Definitions for: Contaminate


[v] make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
[v] make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"



Webster (1913) Definition: Con*tam"i*nate (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to
bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion,
for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See
Contact.]
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully;
to taint; to pollute; to defile.

Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes?
--Shak.

I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor
virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.

Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain;
corrupt.


Con*tam"i*nate (-n[asl]t), a.
Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. ``Contaminate
drink.'' --Daniel.

Synonyms: foul, pollute

Antonyms: decontaminate

See Also: alter, begrime, bemire, change, colly, dirty, grime, infect, soil, taint

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