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vitiate

[ vish-ee-eyt ]

verb (used with object)

vitiated, vitiating.
  1. to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
  2. to impair or weaken the effectiveness of.
  3. to make legally defective or invalid; invalidate:

    to vitiate a claim.



vitiate

/ ˈɪʃɪˌɪ /

verb

  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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈپˌٴǰ, noun
  • ˈپ, adjective
  • ˌپˈپDz, noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vitiate1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Latin پٳܲ, past participle of پ “to spoil, impair,” derivative of vitium “blemish, defect, fault” + -ٳܲ; vice 1, -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vitiate1

C16: from Latin پ to injure, from vitium a fault
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Example Sentences

Then, feigning originalism in Dobbs, they vitiated Equal Protection, elevating the legal rights of zygotes over those of living, breathing women, citing 12th-century mores when men like Alito burned women like me at the stake.

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And, especially relevant to Edelman in this case: Is it vitiated by bad motives?

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The seizure supposedly vitiated his argument for ownership, which was: If the cash is not my money, whose is it?

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PBS SoCal does not value its own programs by vitiating the viewer’s experience.

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Giving that up, Professor Bale said, would vitiate the ideological rationale of her government and potentially turn her into a lame-duck leader until the next election, which she will have to call by early 2025.

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