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Definitions for: Vitiate
[v] take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidateas a contract"
[v] make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
[v] corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals"
Webster (1913) Definition: Vi"ti*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitiated; p. pr. &
vb. n. Vitiating.] [L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate,
fr. vitium a fault, vice. See Vice a fault.] [Written also
viciate.]
1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render
defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to
impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration
vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air.
A will vitiated and growth out of love with the
truth disposes the understanding to error and
delusion. --South.
Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds.
--Burke.
This undistinguishing complaisance will vitiate the
taste of readers. --Garth.
2. To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to
make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of
an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue
influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud
vitiates a contract.
Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, deflower, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, impair, invalidate, mar, misdirect, pervert, profane, spoil, subvert, void
Antonyms: validate
See Also: alter, alter, bastardise, bastardize, blemish, carnalise, carnalize, change, change, cloud, corrupt, damage, deface, defile, disfigure, infect, lead astray, lead off, poison, sensualise, sensualize, suborn, sully, taint, whore
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