Definition of Contaminates

1. Verb. (third-person singular of contaminate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Contaminates

1. contaminate [v] - See also: contaminate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contaminates

containership
containerships
containest
containeth
containing
containment
containment of biohazards
containment vessel
containments
contains
contaminable
contaminant
contaminants
contaminate
contaminated
contaminates (current term)
contaminating
contamination
contaminations
contaminative
contaminator
contaminators
contango
contangos
contd
conte
conteck
contecks
contemn
contemn'd

Literary usage of Contaminates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Consideration of the Sermon on the Mount by Daniel Harvey Hill (1858)
"Its touch defiles and contaminates whatever is clean and pure. It was made to be trodden under foot of him, who was formed in the image of God. ..."

2. A Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker: Containing Over a Thousand Subjects by Charles Simmons (1852)
"WAR contaminates. Em. War is always prejudicial to the interests of piety and virtue. ... contaminates."

3. Ures̓ Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: Containing a Clear by Andrew Ure (1860)
"... flavour of acetic ether, and never become tainted by the formation of that noxious product aldehyde, which so frequently contaminates ill-made vinegar. ..."

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