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

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

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

Related terms

• pollucion

Descendants

• English: pollute
• Scots: pollute

References

• “pollūten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.