iˌeɪt verb (used with object), vi·ti·at·ed, vi·ti·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.
to make legally defective or invalid; invalidate: to vitiate a claim.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to make faulty or imperfect |
| 2. | to debase, pervert, or corrupt |
| 3. | to destroy the force or legal effect of (a deed, etc): to vitiate a contract |
| [C16: from Latin vitiāre to injure, from vitium a fault] | |
| 'vitiable | |
| —adj | |
| viti'ation | |
| —n | |
| 'vitiator | |
| —n | |
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vitiate
1534, from L. vitiatus, pp. of vitiare "to make faulty, injure, spoil, corrupt," from vitium "fault, defect, blemish, crime, vice" (see vice (1)).
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