polluten

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman polluter or Middle French pollution, from Latin pollūtum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔˈliu̯tən/

Verb

polluten

  1. To ruin the sacred; to desecrate.
  2. To defile; to make unclean or impure.
  3. To ejaculate outside of sex.

Usage notes

Usually found in the past tense.

Conjugation

Conjugation of polluten (weak in -ed/suffixless)
infinitive (to) polluten, pollute
present tense past tense
1st-person singular pollute polluted, pollute
2nd-person singular pollutest pollutedest, pollutest
3rd-person singular polluteth polluted, pollute
subjunctive singular pollute
imperative singular —
plural1 polluten, pollute polluteden, pollutede, polluten, pollute
imperative plural polluteth, pollute —
participles pollutynge, pollutende polluted, pollut

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: pollute
  • Scots: pollute

References

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