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2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: contaminating adj 1: spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout" [syn: {dirty}] [ant: {clean}] 2: that infects or taints [syn: {corrupting}]
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