vitiate
verb (used with object)
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
vitiation
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a word derived from
vitiate.
Example Sentences
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Why are we insensible to the gradual vitiation of the air of an unventilated room?
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
There was a vitiation of the atmosphere that was not helped by a strong bodily odor, a stout and sturdy smell that came near to sickening Mr. Thompson.
From Burned Bridges by Bertrand W. Sinclair
So that the regenerative forms of burner, by giving the greatest illuminating power per cubic foot of gas consumed, yield a smaller amount of vitiation to the air per candle of light emitted.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 by Various
Scientific men deal with facts, look to them for guidance, and must suppose that thought and fact pass into each other directly, and without vitiation or deflection.
From John Dewey's logical theory by Delton Thomas Howard
Deare madam, heare me: You had a noble husband, while he livd; And I beleive That no perswasion cold have forcd you yeild To vitiation of his honord bed, Not with a prince.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
