English-Thai Dictionary

contaminate

VT เจือปน  ทำให้ ไม่ บริสุทธิ์  foul pollute juea-pon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONTAMINATE

v.t.[L., to defile. ] To defile; to pollute; usually in a figurative sense; to sully; to tarnish; to taint. Lewdness contaminates character; cowardice contaminates honor. Shall we now contaminate our fingers with base bribes?

 

CONTAMINATE

a.Polluted; defiled; corrupt.

 

CONTAMINATED

pp. Polluted; defiled; tarnished.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

CONTAMINATE Con *tam "i *nate, a.

 

Defn: Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink. " Daniel.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

contaminate

con tam i nate |kənˈtaməˌnāt kənˈtæməneɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (something ) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance: the site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity | figurative : celebrity has contaminated every aspect of public life | (as adj. contaminated ) : contaminated blood products. DERIVATIVES con tam i nant |-ˈtamənənt |noun, con tam i na tion |-ˌtaməˈnāSHən |noun, con tam i na tor |-ˌnātər |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin contaminat- ‘made impure, ’ from the verb contaminare, from contamen ‘contact, pollution, ’ from con- ‘together with ’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

contaminate

con |tam ¦in |ate |kənˈtamɪneɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (something ) impure by exposure to or addition of a poisonous or polluting substance: the site was found to be contaminated by radioactivity | figurative : celebrity has contaminated every aspect of public life | (as adj. contaminated ) : contaminated blood products. DERIVATIVES contaminant noun, contamination |-ˈneɪʃ (ə )n |noun, contaminator noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin contaminat- ‘made impure ’, from the verb contaminare, from contamen ‘contact, pollution ’, from con- ‘together with ’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

contaminate

contaminate verb the river was contaminated with photographic chemicals: pollute, adulterate; defile, debase, corrupt, taint, infect, foul, spoil, soil, stain, sully; poison; literary befoul. ANTONYMS purify.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

contaminate

contaminate verb the water supply was contaminated with manure: pollute, adulterate; make impure, defile, debase, corrupt, taint, infect, blight, foul, spoil, soil, mar, impair, stain, befoul; sully, tarnish; poison; radioactivate; formal vitiate. ANTONYMS purify.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

contaminate

con tam i nate /kəntǽmɪnèɪt /動詞 他動詞 1 【毒物 不純物 放射能などで 】…を汚染する, 汚す «with , by » .2 〈人 心 〉に悪影響を及ぼす .

 

contaminated

con t á m i n à t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 1 (毒物などに )汚染された, 汚された .2 悪影響を受けた .