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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Contaminate \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. ``Contaminate drink.'' --Daniel. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: contaminate v 1: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" [syn: {pollute}, {foul}] 2: make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's copntaminated" [ant: {decontaminate}]
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