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uncontaminate

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ contaminate.

Adjective

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uncontaminate (comparative more uncontaminate, superlative most uncontaminate)

  1. (now rare) Uncontaminated.
    • 1785, William Cowper, The Task, Book VI:
      Disease / Is not: the pure and uncontam'nate blood / Holds its due course, nor fears the frost of age.

Verb

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uncontaminate (third-person singular simple present uncontaminates, present participle uncontaminating, simple past and past participle uncontaminated)

  1. Synonym of decontaminate