vitiate
vt . 使腐敗,污染,使墮落,敗壞,使失效
使腐敗,污染,使墮落,敗壞,使失效
vitiate v 1 :
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality ; "
debauch the young people with wine and women "; "
Socrates was accused of corrupting young men "; "
Do school counselors subvert young children ?"; "
corrupt the morals " [
synonym :
{
corrupt }, {
pervert }, {
subvert }, {
demoralize },
{
demoralise }, {
debauch }, {
debase }, {
profane }, {
vitiate },
{
deprave }, {
misdirect }]
2 :
make imperfect ; "
nothing marred her beauty " [
synonym : {
mar },
{
impair }, {
spoil }, {
deflower }, {
vitiate }]
3 :
take away the legal force of or render ineffective ;
"
invalidate a contract " [
synonym : {
invalidate }, {
void },
{
vitiate }] [
ant : {
validate }]
Vitiate \
Vi "
ti *
ate \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Vitiated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Vitiating }.] [
L .
vitiatus ,
p .
p .
vitiare to vitiate ,
fr .
vitium a fault ,
vice .
See {
Vice }
a fault .] [
Written also {
viciate }.]
1 .
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 .
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A will vitiated and growth out of love with the truth disposes the understanding to error and delusion . --
South .
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Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds .
--
Burke .
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This undistinguishing complaisance will vitiate the taste of readers . --
Garth .
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2 .
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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1913 Webster ]
91 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vitiate ":
abate ,
abolish ,
abrogate ,
adulterate ,
alloy ,
annihilate ,
annul ,
bastardize ,
blemish ,
bring to nothing ,
brutalize ,
buffer ,
cancel ,
cancel out ,
canker ,
cheapen ,
coarsen ,
come to nothing ,
confound ,
contaminate ,
corrupt ,
corrupted ,
counterbalance ,
damage ,
debase ,
debauch ,
debauched ,
defile ,
deflower ,
degenerate ,
degrade ,
delete ,
demoralize ,
denature ,
deprave ,
depraved ,
depreciate ,
depress ,
desecrate ,
despoil ,
destroy ,
devalue ,
diminish ,
distort ,
downgrade ,
frustrate ,
harm ,
hurt ,
impair ,
infect ,
invalidate ,
lower ,
mar ,
misuse ,
negate ,
negativate ,
negative ,
neutralize ,
nullify ,
offset ,
pervert ,
perverted ,
poison ,
pollute ,
prejudice ,
prostitute ,
quash ,
ravage ,
ravish ,
reduce ,
revoke ,
ruin ,
soil ,
spoil ,
stultify ,
sully ,
suppress ,
taint ,
tarnish ,
thwart ,
twist ,
ulcerate ,
undermine ,
undo ,
violate ,
vitiated ,
void ,
vulgarize ,
warp ,
weaken ,
withdraw
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