单词 | vitiate |
释义 | vitiate —vitiation, n. —vitiator, n. /vish"ee ayt'/, v.t., vitiated, vitiating. 1. to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil. 2. to impair or weaken the effectiveness of. 3. to debase; corrupt; pervert. 4. to make legally defective or invalid; invalidate: to vitiate a claim. [1525-35; < L vitiatus, ptp. of vitiare to spoil, der. of vitium blemish, VICE1 + -atus -ATE1] |
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