"inquinate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɪnkwɪneɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inquinate.wav [Southern-England] Forms: inquinates [present, singular, third-person], inquinating [participle, present], inquinated [participle, past], inquinated [past]
Etymology: From Latin inquināre (“polluting”). Etymology templates: {{l|en|polluting}} polluting, {{uder|en|la|inquināre||polluting}} Latin inquināre (“polluting”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} inquinate (third-person singular simple present inquinates, present participle inquinating, simple past and past participle inquinated)
  1. (formal) To pollute or make dirty. Tags: formal Translations (to pollute or make dirty): tahria (Finnish), tahrata (Finnish), засорять (zasorjatʹ) (Russian), загрязнять (zagrjaznjatʹ) (Russian), contaminar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inquinate-en-verb-WiXrjouf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

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