vitiate
verb (used with object)
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
has vitiated
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present perfectof vitiate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It has vitiated a large part of his writings; and it has done more than that—it has obscured, to many of his readers, the real nature and the real value of his work.
From Landmarks in French Literature by Giles Lytton Strachey
In regard to Mr. Headley, we think that his sympathy with Cromwell's great powers as a warrior and ruler has vitiated his view of many transactions vitally connected with the principles of freedom.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 by Various
It is the endeavor to do this which has vitiated all the histories so far written of the late Civil War.
From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884 by Various
This notion has vitiated a good deal of Shakespearian criticism.
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Henry Norman Hudson
The definition has at least the merit of being free from certain arbitrary psychologizing that has vitiated many earlier attempts at the problem.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Boyd H. Bode
