Vitiate
vi路ti路ate
vi路ti路ate [v铆shee 脿yt]
(past and past participle vi路ti路at路ed, present participle vi路ti路at路ing, 3rd person present singular vi路ti路ates)
vt (formal)
1. make something ineffective: to destroy or drastically reduce the effectiveness of something, or make it invalid
2. make something faulty: to cause something to become faulty
3. debase something: to degrade something morally
[Mid-16th century. %26lt; Latin vitiare %26lt; vitium "fault, vice"]
-vi路ti路a路ble, , adj
-vi路ti路a路tion [v矛shee 谩ysh'n], , n
-vi路ti路a路tor [v铆shee 脿yt蓹r], , n
Encarta 庐 World English Dictionary
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