CONTAMINATES

Verb

contaminates

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contaminate

Source: Wiktionary


CONTAMINATE

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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