vitiate
verb (used with object)
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
unvitiated
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a word derived from
vitiate.
Example Sentences
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That defiant impulse to which he had just now been on the point of yielding had not dared so much as to have shown its face before his unvitiated will.
From Idolatry A Romance by Julian Hawthorne
And thus, Noizet believes, the man's thought was transferred to the minds of the others without the mediation of eye or ear, etc., and hence unvitiated by the words that had been spoken.
From Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology by Oskar Pfungst
The powerful stimulant acted speedily on an unvitiated system, and with returning strength memory recalled what had befallen the one she loved.
From The Earth Trembled by Edward Payson Roe
I am going," said he, "to dwell among scenes of unvitiated nature.
From Damon and Delia A Tale by William Godwin
Even with their noses touching the moth, none of my household has been able to perceive the faintest odour; not even the youngest, whose sensibility is as yet unvitiated.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall
