v.
Pronunciation: ' vi-sh ē - ˌ ā t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: -at · ed ; -at · ing
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 vitiate s a contract>
synonyms see DEBASE
– vi · ti · a · tion \ ˌ vi-sh ē - ' ā -sh ə n \ noun
– vi · ti · a · tor \ ' vi-sh ē - ˌ ā -t ə r \ noun