Definify.com
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.
To defile; to pollute; to contaminate. [Little used.]
Definition 2024
inquinate
inquinate
English
Verb
inquinate (third-person singular simple present inquinates, present participle inquinating, simple past and past participle inquinated)
Translations
to pollute or make dirty
|
Italian
Verb
inquinate
- second-person plural present tense of inquinare
- second-person plural imperative of inquinare
- feminine plural past participle of inquinare
Latin
Participle
inquināte
- vocative masculine singular of inquinātus
References
- inquinate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- inquinate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inquinate”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.