recontaminate

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verb

To contaminate again, especially after cleaning of original contamination.

OriginEnglish contaminate ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrecontaminate (third-person singular simple present recontaminates, present participle recontaminating, simple past and past participle recontaminated)

present singular third person recontaminates · participle present recontaminating · participle past recontaminated · past recontaminated

  1. To contaminate again, especially after cleaning of original contamination.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishcontaminate
  7. Englishrecontaminate

From re- + contaminate.

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APA

recontaminate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recontaminate

MLA

“recontaminate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recontaminate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recontaminate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recontaminate.

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