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vitiate

Main Entry:: vi·ti·ate
Pronunciation:: \ˈvi-shē-ˌāt\
Function:: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s):: vi·ti·at·ed; vi·ti·at·ing
Etymology:: Latin vitiatus, past participle of vitiare, from vitium fault, vice
Date:: 1534

1 : to make faulty or defective : impair <the comic impact is vitiated by obvious haste — William Styron> 2 : to debase in moral or aesthetic status <a mind vitiated by prejudice> 3 : to make ineffective <fraud vitiates a contract>

synonyms see debase

— vi·ti·a·tion

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\ˌvi-shē-ˈā-shən\ noun

— vi·ti·a·tor

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\ˈvi-shē-ˌā-tər\ noun

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