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Vitiate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Vitiate: corrupt \| debase \| debauch \| deflower \| demoralise \| demoralize \| deprave \| impair \| invalidate \| mar \| misdirect \| pervert \| profane \| spoil \| subvert \| void Related Terms \| Find terms related to Vitiate: 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 Vitiate In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Vitiate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

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Vitiate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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