What does Vitiated mean?

Answer 1

vi·ti·ate (vsh-t) Pronunciation Key Audio pronunciation of "vitiated" [P]
tr.v. vi·ti·at·ed, vi·ti·at·ing, vi·ti·ates

1. To reduce the value or impair the quality of.
2. To corrupt morally; debase.
3. To make ineffective; invalidate. See Synonyms at corrupt.

Answer 2

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.
[1913 Webster]

Answer 3

vi•ti•ate

Pronunciation: (vish'ē-āt"), [key]
—v.t., -at•ed, -at•ing.
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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

Answer 4

vitiate

verb {T} FORMAL


to destroy or weaken something:

- He said that American military power should never again be vitiated by political concerns.

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Answer 5

vi·ti·ate [ víshee àyt ] (past and past participle vi·ti·at·ed, present participle vi·ti·at·ing, 3rd person present singular vi·ti·ates)


transitive verb

Definition:

1. make something ineffective: to destroy or drastically reduce the effectiveness of something, or make it invalid


2. make something faulty: to cause something to become faulty


3. debase something: to degrade something morally


[Mid-16th century. < Latin vitiare < vitium "fault, vice"]

Answer 6

to debase , made defective, debased
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Answer 7

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[adjective] impaired by diminution
Synonyms: diminished, lessened, weakened


[adjective] ruined in character or quality
Synonyms: corrupted, debased