CONTAMINATE

pollute, foul, contaminate

(verb) make impure; “The industrial wastes polluted the lake”

contaminate

(verb) make radioactive by adding radioactive material; “Don’t drink the water--it’s contaminated”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

contaminate (third-person singular simple present contaminates, present participle contaminating, simple past and past participle contaminated)

(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

(transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.

(transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.

To infect, often with bad objects

Source: Wiktionary

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Con*tam"i*nate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contaminated; p.pr. & vb.n. Contaminating.] Etym: [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.]

Definition: 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, a.

Definition: Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink." Daniel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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