Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pollution; the act of making filthy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The act of making foul; pollution.
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- noun Process of
polluting or makingfilthy , act of causingdirtiness . - noun
pollution
Etymologies
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From Latin defoedatio, from Late Latin defoedare ("to defile"), from de- with foedare, present tense verb of foedo, from foedus ("foul").
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