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vitiate
What does vitiate mean?
vitiate (verb): to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use vitiate in a sentence?
How do you pronounce vitiate?
/ˈvɪʃieɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does vitiate come from?
From Latin vitiātus, the perfect passive participle of vitiō (“damage, spoil”), from vitium (“vice”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “vitiate” mean?
to feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate
Not quite: that's what waver means.
to speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate
Not quite: that's what prevaricate means.
to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something
Right! That's what “vitiate” means.
to abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something)
Not quite: that's what forsake means.
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