Definition of pollutive - 1 dictionary result
pol⋅lute
[puh-loot] 
–verb (used with object), -lut⋅ed, -lut⋅ing.
| 1. | to make foul or unclean, esp. with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke. |
| 2. | to make morally unclean; defile. |
| 3. | to render ceremonially impure; desecrate: to pollute a house of worship. |
| 4. | Informal. to render less effective or efficient: The use of inferior equipment has polluted the company's service. |
Origin:
1325–75; ME polute < L pollūtus ptp. of polluere to soil, defile, equiv. to pol-, assimilated var. of por- (see pollicitation; here marking the action as complete) + -lū- base of -luere (akin to lutum mud, dirt, lustrum muddy place) + -tus ptp. suffix
1325–75; ME polute < L pollūtus ptp. of polluere to soil, defile, equiv. to pol-, assimilated var. of por- (see pollicitation; here marking the action as complete) + -lū- base of -luere (akin to lutum mud, dirt, lustrum muddy place) + -tus ptp. suffix
Related forms:
pol⋅lut⋅er, noun
pol⋅lu⋅tive, adjective
Synonyms:
1. soil, befoul. 2. taint, contaminate, vitiate, corrupt, debase, deprave.
1. soil, befoul. 2. taint, contaminate, vitiate, corrupt, debase, deprave.
Antonyms:
1, 2. purify.
1, 2. purify.
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