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vitiate

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeiittvStarts with VEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. take away the legal force of or render ineffective

Word origin

From Latin vitiātus, the perfect passive participle of vitiō (“damage, spoil”), from vitium (“vice”).

Used in a sentence

  • The least admixture of a lie, -- for example, the taint of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favorable appearance, -- will instantly vitiate the effect.
  • Such diversion as Podson could extort from his isolation was soon vitiated by repetition. He surfed. He sun-baked - with discretion till his skin had peeled and given him a harder cuticle.
  • ‘Mr Rose,’ says the Physician, ‘this man was brought to us from Russia. Precisely such a case of vitiated judgment as I describe at length in my Treatise on Madness. Mayhap you have read it?’

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