v.
make (something) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance.
Derivative
- contaminant n.
- contamination n.
- contaminator n.
Etymology
ME: from L. contaminat-, contaminare ‘make impure’, from contamen ‘contact, pollution’, from con- ‘together with’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch’.
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