01 v. t. To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.
imp. & p. p.
Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contaminating
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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.