Vitiate: alternatives and connections

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.

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To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

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To make carnal; to debase to carnality.

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A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.

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Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

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To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or porti…

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To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

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To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform.

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Infected. Cf. Enfect.

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Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a dea…

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To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure.

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To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.

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To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to sully a person's reputation.

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A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.

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The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred;…

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The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred;…

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Capable of being voided, or evacuated.

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Capable of being voided, or evacuated.

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Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

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To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to de…

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To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self b…

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Same as Deflour.

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To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in disciplin…

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To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.

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To make worse; to diminish in quantity, value, excellence, or strength; to deteriorate; as, to impair health, character, the mind, value.

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To render invalid; to weaken or lessen the force of; to destroy the authority of; to render of no force or effect; to overthrow; as, to invalidate an…

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A small lake. See Mere.

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To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.

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To turnanother way; to divert.

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Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, rel…

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To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

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To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.

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Containing nothing; empty; vacant; not occupied; not filled.

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