4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (-n[asl]t), a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink." --Daniel. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes? --Shak. [1913 Webster] I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith. Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: contaminate v 1: make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" [syn: {pollute}, {foul}] 2: make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated" [ant: {decontaminate}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 66 Moby Thesaurus words for "contaminate": activate, adulterate, alloy, bastardize, befoul, benasty, canker, charge, cheapen, coarsen, confound, corrupt, cut, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denaturalize, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devalue, dilute, dirty, disease, distort, doctor, doctor up, fortify, foul, harm, infect, injure, irradiate, lace, mess, mess up, misuse, nasty, pervert, poison, pollute, prostitute, radiumize, ravage, ravish, rot, soil, spike, spoil, stain, sully, taint, tamper with, tarnish, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, water, water down
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