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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (-n[asl]t), a.
     Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. ``Contaminate
     drink.'' --Daniel.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
           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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Contaminate \Con*tam"i*nate\ (-n[asl]t), a.
     Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. ``Contaminate
     drink.'' --Daniel.

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 Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contaminate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 (μτβ) μολύνω, κολλάω, εισάγω σε ένα ζωντανό οργανισμό παθογόνος
  μικροοργανισμός
     2 (μτβ) μολύνω, ρυπαίνω
     3 (μτβ) μολύνω, κολλάω, προκαλώ αλλοίωση σε ηθικό ή πνευματικό
  επίπεδο

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contaminate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la contāminō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: contaminar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  contaminate
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by
  introducing impurities or foreign matter.
     2 (lb en transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or
  association.
     3 (lb en transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of
  unwholesome or undesirable elements.
     4 To infect, often with bad objects

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  contaminate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la contāminō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: contaminar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  contaminate
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la contāminō  2 p pres actv impr)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: contaminar)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contaminate
     Englanti vb.
     1 saastuttaa, pilata
     2 tartuttaa (sairaudesta)
     3 (yhteys kuva k=en) pilata

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  contaminate
     Engelska vb.
     kontaminera, förorena

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/
  ملوّث

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  contaminate //kənˈtæmɪneɪt// 
  замърсявам, извършвам зловредно вмешателство
  To introduce impurities or foreign matter

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ 
  znečistit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ 
  nakazit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ 
  zamořit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ 
  heintio 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ 
  anstecken, eine Krankheit übertragen 
     Synonym: pass sth. on
  
   see: passing sth. on, contaminating, passed sth. on, contaminated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ 
  jdn. vergiften 
        "recontaminate sth."  - etw. wieder vergiften
     Synonyms: poison, intoxicate sb.
  
   see: poisoning, contaminating, intoxicating, poisoned, contaminated, intoxicated, poisons, contaminates, intoxicates, poisoned, contaminated, intoxicated, be poisened with sth.
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/
  
  μολύνω, μιαίνω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  contaminate //kənˈtæmɪneɪt// 
  saastuttaa, pilata
  To introduce impurities or foreign matter

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ 
  1. अशुद्ध~करना
        "House flies contaminate food."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/
  zaprljati, zaraziti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  contaminate /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/ 
    zakażać, zanieczyszczać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/ 
  contaminar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  contaminate //kənˈtæmɪneɪt// 
  kontaminera, förorena
  To introduce impurities or foreign matter

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  contaminate /kəntˈamɪnˌeɪt/
  1. bulaştırmak
  2. geçirmek (hastalık, mikrop, pislik)
  3. lekelemek, kirletmek. contamina tion  bulaştırma
  4. pislik.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/kənˈtæməˌneɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 弄污,弄脏,染污;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 弄污,弄脏,染污,传染,毒害

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