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vi·ti·ate
I. \ˈvishēə̇t\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin vitiatus, past participle of vitiare to vitiate
: vitiated
II. \ˈvishēˌāt, usu -ād.+V\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin vitiatus, past participle of vitiare to vitiate, from vitium fault, vice — more at with
transitive verb
1. : to make incomplete, faulty, or defective : injure the substance or quality of : impair, contaminate, spoil, corrupt
< exaggeration vitiates a style of writing >
< the fox … vitiates his line of scent with the gas fumes on the macadam highways — George Heinold >
2.
a. : to debase in moral or aesthetic standards : deprave, pervert
< vitiated by luxury >
< vitiating the public taste >
b. obsolete : to violate the chastity of
3. : to make ineffective either wholly or in part : destroy the validity or force of (as an instrument or transaction) : invalidate
< fraud vitiates a contract >
4. : to make (air) impure by or as if by the accumulation of the products of respiration
intransitive verb
: to become vitiated; also : to cause vitiation
Synonyms: see debase |