transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈvi-shē-ˌāt ]
transitive verb
( -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 ˌvi-shē-ˈā-shən noun
• vi·ti·a·tor ˈvi-shē-ˌā-tər noun