3. (Jewish Law) To render ceremonially unclean; to disqualify or unfit
for sacred use or service, or for social intercourse.
Neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel,
lest ye die.
Num. xviii. 32.
They have polluted themselves with blood.
Lam. iv. 14.
Syn. -- To defile; soil; contaminate; corrupt; taint; vitiate; debauch;
dishonor; ravish.
Pol*lute", a. [L. pollutus.] Polluted. [R.] Milton.
Pol*lut"ed, a. Defiled; made unclean or impure; debauched. --
Pol*lut"ed*ly, adv. -- Pol*lut"ed*ness, n.
Pol*lut"er (?), n. One who pollutes. Dryden.
Pol*lut"ing, a. Adapted or tending to pollute; causing defilement or
pollution. -- Pol*lut"ing*ly, adv.
Pol*lu"tion (?), n. [L. pollutio: cf. F. pollution.] 1. The act of
polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb);
defilement; uncleanness; impurity.
2. (Med.) The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times than in
sexual intercourse. Dunglison.
||Pol"lux (?), n. [L., the twin brother of castor; also, the
||constellation.] 1. (Astron.) A fixed star of the second magnitude, in
||the constellation Gemini. Cf. 3d Castor.