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inquinate

/ˈɪnkwɪneɪt/

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From Latin inquināre (“polluting”).

verb inquinates · inquinating · inquinated

formal To pollute or make dirty.
Similar: assoil, befoul, sully, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth, begrime, beray

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verb to pollute or make dirty

Español	contaminar
Русский	засорять zasorjatʹ, загрязнять zagrjaznjatʹ

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@misc{inquinate_2026,
  title = {inquinate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inquinate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}