'Polluting' definitions:
Definition of 'Polluting'
From: GCIDE
- Polluting \Pol*lut"ing\, a. Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or pollution. -- {Pol*lut"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Polluting'
From: GCIDE
- Pollute \Pol*lute"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Polluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Polluting.] [L. pollutus, p. p. of polluere to defile, to pollute, from a prep. appearing only in comp. + luere to wash. See Position, Lave.]
- 1. To make foul, impure, or unclean; to defile; to taint; to soil; to desecrate; -- used of physical or moral defilement. [1913 Webster]
- The land was polluted with blood. --Ps. cvi. 38 [1913 Webster]
- Wickedness . . . hath polluted the whole earth. --2 Esd. xv. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To violate sexually; to debauch; to dishonor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Jewish Law) To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse. [1913 Webster]
- Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. --Num. xviii. 32. [1913 Webster]
- They have polluted themselves with blood. --Lam. iv. 14. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To defile; soil; contaminate; corrupt; taint; vitiate; debauch; dishonor; ravish. [1913 Webster]