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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Putting it aside, however, light is obtainable by means of acetylene with less attendant vitiation of the air than by means of any other gas or of oil or candles.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by F. H. (Frank Henley) Leeds
When the atmosphere is vitiated, the oxygenating processes are diminished in ratio to the vitiation.
From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Augustus C. Hamlin
Other disease makes itself known by aches or appearance, but the blood courses on with no sign of vitiation, carrying its poison to every nerve and fibre of the body.
From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Lydia Estes Pinkham
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
While occupying a room, we are insensible of the 237 gradual vitiation of the air.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
