Vitiate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.削弱, 损害
• ［英］ v.削弱, 损害 ( to make faulty or defective: impair)
• ［类］ 反义词: fortify ( 加强) ; strengthen ( 巩固)
• ［记］ viti ( =vice恶的) +ate -> 损坏
• ［同］ 同根词: vitiable ( 易堕落的) ;vitiosity ( 堕落)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: Latin vitiatus, past participle of vitiare, from vitium fault, vice
• Date: 1534
• 1. to make faulty or defective ; impair <the comic impact is vitiated by obvious haste — William Styron>
• 2. to debase in moral or aesthetic status <a mind vitiated by prejudice>
• 3. to make ineffective <fraud vitiates a contract>
• Synonyms: see debase
• ? vitiation noun
• ? vitiator noun

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