Definition of vitiate

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Vitiate (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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Vitiated :: Vitiated (imp. & p. p.) of Vitiat.
Novitiate :: Novitiate (n.) The state of being a novice; time of initiation or instruction in rudiments.
Novitiate :: Novitiate (n.) Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.
Novitiate :: Novitiate (n.) The place where novices live or are trained.
Vitiate :: Vitiate (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..
Poison :: Poison (n.) To taint; to corrupt; to vitiate; as, vice poisons happiness; slander poisoned his mind..
Unvitiated :: Unvitiated (a.) Not vitiated; pure.
Probationership :: Probationership (n.) The state of being a probationer; novitiate.
Vitiate :: Vitiate (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..
Corrupt :: Corrupt (a.) Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
Leaven :: Leaven (v. t.) To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
Irritation :: Irritation (n.) A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
Novitiate :: Novitiate (n.) One who is going through a novitiate, or period of probation; a novice..
Emasculate :: Emasculate (v. t.) To deprive of masculine vigor or spirit; to weaken; to render effeminate; to vitiate by unmanly softness.
Viciate :: Viciate (v. t.) See Vitiate.
Invitiate :: Invitiate (a.) Not vitiated.
Debauch :: Debauch (n.) To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army..
Approbation :: Approbation (n.) Probation or novitiate.
Pure :: Pure (superl.) Free from that which harms, vitiates, weakens, or pollutes; genuine; real; perfect; -- applied to things and actions..
Corrupter :: Corrupter (n.) One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals..
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