Word
Vitiate
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
vi-ti-ate
Definition
- v. t. - To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render
defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to
contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing;
sewer gas vitiates the air.
- v. t. - To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part;
to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an
instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on
a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract.
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