| tr. v. vitiate | |
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[1] to make faulty or defective; to impair the value or quality of; spoil.
[2] to debase in moral or aesthetic status.
[3] to pervert or morally corrupt.
[3] to invalidate or render ineffective. |
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| Etymology: Latin vitiatus, past participle of vitiare, from vitium fault, vice | |
| Keywords: vandalise, deflower, ruin |