vitiating

[vish-ee-eyt]

Origin

verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing.

to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.

to impair or weaken the effectiveness of.

to debase; corrupt; pervert.

to make legally defective or invalid; invalidate: to vitiate a claim.

Origin:
1525–35; < Latin vitiātus, past participle of vitiāre to spoil, derivative of vitium blemish, vice¹ + -ātus -ate¹

Related forms

vi·ti·a·tion, noun

vi·ti·a·tor, noun

non·vi·ti·a·tion, noun

un·vi·ti·at·ed, adjective

un·vi·ti·at·ing, adjective

Can be confused: ameliorate, obviate, vitiate.

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Word Origin & History

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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