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POLLUTING
Verb
polluting
present participle of pollute
Adjective
polluting (comparative more polluting, superlative most polluting)
Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.
Source: Wiktionary
Pol*lut"ing, a.
Definition: Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution.
– Pol*lut"ing*ly, adv.
POLLUTE
Pol*lute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Polluting.] Etym: [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)
Definition: 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.
Pol*lute", a. Etym: [L. pollutus.]
Definition: Polluted. [R.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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