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pollute

verb
/pəˈluːt/

Etymology

From Middle English polluten, borrowed from Latin pollūtum, from pollūtus (“no longer virgin", "unchaste”), perfect passive participle of polluō (“soil", "defile", "dishonor”).

  1. derived from pollūtum
  2. inherited from polluten

Definitions

  1. To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.

    • The factory polluted the river when it cleaned its tanks.

  2. To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the…

    To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.

    • The lights from the stadium polluted the night sky, and we couldn't see the stars.

  3. To corrupt or profane

    • But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the polluted, as for murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their lot shall be in the lake that burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To violate sexually

      To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonour.

    2. Polluted

      Polluted; defiled.

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Derived

depollute, pollutable, polluter, pollutive, repollute, self-pollute, unpollute

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pollute. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at pollute. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at pollute

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA