CONTAMINABLE
Con*tam"i*na*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being contaminated.
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.]
Defn: 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.
CONTAMINATE
Con*tam"i*nate, a.
Defn: Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink."
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CONTAMINATION
Con*tam`i*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. contaminatio.]
Defn: The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
CONTAMITIVE
Con*tam"i*tive, a.