Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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vitiate \VISH-ee-ayt\, transitive verb:
vitiate \VISH-ee-ayt\, transitive verb:
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1. To make faulty or imperfect; to render defective; to impair; as, "exaggeration vitiates a style of writing."
1. To make faulty or imperfect; to render defective; to impair; as, "exaggeration vitiates a style of writing."
2. To corrupt morally; to debase.
3. To render ineffective; as, "fraud vitiates a contract."
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Is the B.O.'s end game nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to vitiate the Constitution?
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Vitiate comes from Latin vitiare, from vitium, fault. It is related to vice (a moral failing or fault), which comes from vitium via French.
Vitiate comes from Latin vitiare, from vitium, fault. It is related to vice (a moral failing or fault), which comes from vitium via French.
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