Pollute

v. t.	1.	To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; - used of physical or moral defilement. [imp. & p. p. Polluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Polluting.] 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.
a.	1.	Polluted.

Verb

1.

pollute - make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" Synonyms: contaminate, foul

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