Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Vitiate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
"debauch the young people with wine and women"
"Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"
"Do school counselors subvert young children?"
"corrupt the morals"
2
make imperfect
"nothing marred her beauty"
3
take away the legal force of or render ineffective
"invalidate a contract"
4
to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something
Example Sentences
"debauch the young people with wine and women"
verb
"Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"
verb
"Do school counselors subvert young children?"
verb
"corrupt the morals"
verb
"nothing marred her beauty"
verb
"invalidate a contract"
verb
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