vitiate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, GA) IPA: /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/
- (America)
vitiate (vitiates, present participle vitiating; past and past participle vitiated)
- (transitive) to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something
- 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson, "An Address delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday evening, 15 July, 1838":
- 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.
- 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson, "An Address delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday evening, 15 July, 1838":
- (transitive) to debase or morally corrupt
- (transitive, archaic) to violate, to rape
- (transitive) to make something ineffective, to invalidate
- See vice#Related_terms
- German: beschädigen
- Russian: по́ртить
- German: verderben
- Russian: развраща́ть
- Russian: наси́ловать
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