vi|ti|ate

vi|ti|ate
vi|ti|ate «VIHSH ee ayt», transitive verb, -at|ed, -at|ing.
1. to impair or injure the quality of; spoil; pollute: »

Pollution from smoke and dust vitiates the air. Sewage vitiated the stream. His illness vitiated his chances of success. The abridgment vitiated the original text.

2. a) to destroy the legal force or authority of; invalidate: »

The contract was vitiated because one person signed under compulsion.

b) to make (an argument, theory, proof, or the like) unconvincing or doubtful: »

Uncontrolled experiment vitiated my theory.

[< Latin vitiāre (with English -ate1) < vitium fault, vice]

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