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Webster 1913 Edition

Inquinate

In′qui-nate

,

Verb.

T.

[L.

inquinatus

, p. p. of

inquinare

to defile.]

To defile; to pollute; to contaminate; to befoul.

[Obs.]

Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Inquinate

IN'QUINATE

,

Verb.

T.

[L.inquino, to defile; Gr. common.]

To defile; to pollute; to contaminate. [Little used.]