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Pollute

Pollute Meaning & Definition
Pollute Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pollute?

[v] make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pollute: contaminate | foul

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See Also | begrime | bemire | colly | dirty | grime | infect | soil | taint

Pollute In Webster's Dictionary

\Pol*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polluted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Polluting}.] [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) 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. [L. pollutus.] Polluted. [R.] --Milton.

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