The containment of a rich man's estate.
Fuller.
Con*tam"i*na*ble (k&obreve;n*tăm"&ibreve;*n&adot;*b'l), a. Capable of being contaminated.
Con*tam"i*nate (k&obreve;n*tăm"&ibreve;*nāt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contaminated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Contaminating (?).] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See Contact.] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.
Shall we now
Contaminate our figures with base bribes?
Shak.
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated.
Goldsmith.
Syn. -- To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt.
Con*tam"i*nate (-n&asl;t), a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink." Daniel.
Con*tam`i*na"tion (k&obreve;n*tăm`&ibreve;*nā"shŭn), n. [L. contaminatio.] The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.
Con*tam"i*tive (k&obreve;n*tăm"&ibreve;*n&adot;*t&ibreve;v), a. Tending or liable to contaminate.
Con*tan"go (k&obreve;n*tă&nsm;"g&osl;), n.; pl. Contangoes (#). [Prob. a corruption of contingent.] 1. (Stock Exchange) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day. [Eng.]
2. (Law) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation. N. Biddle.
Con*tec"tion (-t&ebreve;k"shŭn), n. [L. contegere, -tectum, to cover up.] A covering. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Con"tek (k&obreve;n"t&ebreve;k), n. [OE. conteck, conteke, contake, perh. a corruption either of contact or contest.] 1. Quarrel; contention; contest. [Obs.]
Contek with bloody knife.
Chaucer.