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pollute |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pollute \Pol*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polluted}; p. pr & vb n. {Polluting}.] [L. pollutus p. p. of polluere to defile, to pollute, from a prep. appearing only in comp. + luere to wash. See {Position}, {Lave}.] 1. To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement. The land was polluted with blood. --Ps. cvi. 38 Wickedness . . . hath polluted the whole earth. --2 Esd. xv 6. 2. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor. 3. (Jewish Law) To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse. Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. --Num. xviii. 32. They have polluted themselves with blood. --Lam. iv 14. Syn: To defile; soil; contaminate; corrupt; taint; vitiate; debauch; dishonor; ravish. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pollute \Pol*lute"\, a. [L. pollutus.] Polluted. [R.] --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pollute v : make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" [syn: {foul}, {contaminate}]
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