vitiate

== English == === Alternative forms === viciate === Etymology === From Latin vitiātus, the perfect passive participle of vitiō (“damage, spoil”), from vitium (“vice”). === Pronunciation === (UK, General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/ === Verb === vitiate (third-person singular simple present vitiates, present participle vitiating, simple past and past participle vitiated) (transitive) To spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something. Synonyms: mess up, ruin; degrade, devalue; see also Thesaurus:spoil, Thesaurus:debase (transitive) To debase or morally corrupt. Synonyms: immoralize, lead astray, warp; see also Thesaurus:pervert (transitive, archaic) To violate, to rape. Synonyms: abuse, outrage, viole; see also Thesaurus:rape (transitive) To make something ineffective, to invalidate. Synonyms: annul, nullify, void; see also Thesaurus:cancel ==== Related terms ==== See vice ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “vitiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “vitiate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “vitiate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Latin == === Verb === vitiāte second-person plural present active imperative of vitiō