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conˈtaminated, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
Defiled, sullied, or infected by contact, esp. with noxious substances; spec. in Textual Criticism, subjected to contamination (see contamination 1 e).
1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. iv. i. 71 Her contaminated carrion weight. 1805Foster Ess. i. vii. 107 The course of a contaminated life. a1853Robertson Serm. Ser. iii. i. (1872) 3 No chemical science can separate that virus from the contaminated blood. 1913F. W. Hall Compan. Class. Texts 128 Contaminated texts existed in very ancient times. 1938Encycl. Brit. Bk. of Yr. 161/2 To destroy persistent gases and to isolate contaminated areas. |