Part 2338

<hw>Con*tam"i*na*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being contaminated.</def>

<h1>Contaminate</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tam"i*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Contaminated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Contaminating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>contaminatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>contaminare</ets> to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. <ets>contamen</ets> contagion, for <ets>contagmen</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + root of <ets>tangere</ets> to touch. See <er>Contact</er>.]</ety> <def>To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.</def>

<blockquote>Shall we now <b>Contaminate</b> our figures with base bribes? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue <b>contaminated</b>. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt.</syn>

<h1>Contaminate</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tam"i*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted.</def> "<i>Contaminate</i> drink."

<i>Daniel.</i>

<h1>Contamination</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tam`i*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contaminatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.</def>

<h1>Contamitive</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tam"i*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending or liable to contaminate.</def>

<h1>Contango</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tan"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Contangoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Prob. a corruption of <ets>contingent</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Stock Exchange)</fld> <def>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.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See <er>Backwardation</er>.</def>

<i>N. Biddle.</i>

<h1>Contection</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*tec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>contegere</ets>, <ets>-tectum</ets>, to cover up.]</ety> <def>A covering.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<h1>Contek</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con"tek</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>conteck</ets>, <ets>conteke</ets>, <ets>contake</ets>, perh. a corruption either of <ets>contact</ets> or <ets>contest</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Quarrel; contention; contest.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Contek</b> with bloody knife. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>2</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>2</hw> <def>Contumely; reproach.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

<h1>Contemn</h1> <Xpage=311>

<hw>Con*temn"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Contemned</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Contemning</er> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>contemnere</ets>, <ets>-temptum</ets>; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>temnere</ets> to slight, despise: cf. OF. <ets>contemner</ets>.]</ety> <def>To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.</def>