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vitiable

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vi⋅ti⋅a⋅ble

  [vish-ee-uh-buhl]
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–adjective
capable of being vitiated.
Origin:
viti(ate) + -able
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vi·ti·ate   (vĭsh'ē-āt')   
tr.v.   vi·ti·at·ed, vi·ti·at·ing, vi·ti·ates

  1. To reduce the value or impair the quality of.

  2. To corrupt morally; debase.

  3. To make ineffective; invalidate. See Synonyms at corrupt.


[Latin vitiāre, vitiāt-, from vitium, fault.]
vi'ti·a·ble (vĭsh'ē-ə-bəl) adj., vi'ti·a'tion n., vi'ti·a'tor n.
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