vitiate
11vitiate — vi•ti•ate [[t]ˈvɪʃ iˌeɪt[/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing 1) to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil 2) to impair or weaken the effectiveness of 3) to debase; corrupt; pervert 4) law to make legally invalid; invalidate: to vitiate a claim[/ex] •… …
12vitiate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) 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… …
13vitiate — verb /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/ a) to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something b) to debase or morally corrupt …
14vitiate — Synonyms and related words: abate, abolish, abrogate, adulterate, alloy, annihilate, annul, bastardize, blemish, bring to nothing, brutalize, buffer, cancel, cancel out, canker, cheapen, coarsen, come to nothing, confound, contaminate, corrupt,… …
15vitiate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. adulterate, weaken; impair, spoil; destroy, void, in validate; corrupt, contaminate, pollute; deteriorate. See deterioration. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To invalidate] Syn. annul, recant, cancel,… …
16vitiate — vi|ti|ate [ˈvıʃieıt] v [T] formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of vitiare, from vitium; VICE] to make something less effective or spoil it …
17vitiate — vi|ti|ate [ vıʃi,eıt ] verb transitive VERY FORMAL to make something less effective or legally acceptable ╾ vi|ti|a|tion [ ,vıʃi eıʃn ] noun uncount …
18vitiate — Contaminate, ruin …
19vitiate — vi·ti·ate || vɪʃɪeɪt v. weaken; corrupt …
20vitiate — [ vɪʃɪeɪt] verb formal spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of. ↘destroy or impair the legal validity of. Derivatives vitiation noun vitiator noun Origin C16: from L. vitiat , vitiare impair …
