polluten

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === poluten, pollute === Etymology === From Anglo-Norman polluter or Middle French pollution, from Latin pollūtum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔˈliu̯tən/ === Verb === polluten To ruin the sacred; to desecrate. To defile; to make unclean or impure. To ejaculate outside of sex. ==== Usage notes ==== Usually found in the past tense. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== pollucion ==== Descendants ==== English: pollute Scots: pollute ==== References ==== “pollūten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.