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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In a word, the paper of Aristarchus is a rigidly scientific document unvitiated by association with any theorizings that are not directly germane to its central theme.
From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Edward Huntington Williams
Graham's powerful and unvitiated nature soon rallied, however, and under the skilful treatment the fever within a few days gave place to the first deep happiness he had ever known.
From His Sombre Rivals by Edward Payson Roe
I have a sort of valet and factotum, an excellent, respectable servant, whose spelling is so unvitiated by non-phonetic superfluities that he writes night as nit.
From Impressions of Theophrastus Such by George Eliot
I am going," said he, "to dwell among scenes of unvitiated nature.
From Damon and Delia A Tale by William Godwin
They held that one had only to live wisely and well, and thus transmit the principle of life, not only unvitiated, but strengthened and enlarged.
From His Sombre Rivals by Edward Payson Roe
