vitiate
vitiate
v. trans.
Corrupt: P. and V. διαφθείρειν.
Infect: P. ἀναπιμπλάναι.
Defile: P. and V. μιαίνειν, V. χραίνειν (also Plat. but rare P.); see defile.
Nullify: P. ἄκυρον καθιστάναι; see cancel.
v. trans.
Corrupt: P. and V. διαφθείρειν.
Infect: P. ἀναπιμπλάναι.
Defile: P. and V. μιαίνειν, V. χραίνειν (also Plat. but rare P.); see defile.
Nullify: P. ἄκυρον καθιστάναι; see cancel.
VITIATE
To make faulty mar vitiare (general term to make faulty spoil; e.g. pecunias merces): corrumpere (to corrupt by an internal change of quality): adulterare (to introduce what is bad or spurious into what is good and genuine; e.g. nummos gemmas): interpolare (to give anything a good appearance by dressing it up; e.g. to falsify a document by additions and erasures): transcribere (to falsify in copying).
To render invalid aliquid irritum facere: aliquid rescindere: rescindere et irritum facere: ut irritum et vanum rescindere: refigere. SYN. in INVALIDATE.
To make faulty mar vitiare (general term to make faulty spoil; e.g. pecunias merces): corrumpere (to corrupt by an internal change of quality): adulterare (to introduce what is bad or spurious into what is good and genuine; e.g. nummos gemmas): interpolare (to give anything a good appearance by dressing it up; e.g. to falsify a document by additions and erasures): transcribere (to falsify in copying).
To render invalid aliquid irritum facere: aliquid rescindere: rescindere et irritum facere: ut irritum et vanum rescindere: refigere. SYN. in INVALIDATE.
vitiate:
I. To spoil, impair:
1. vĭtio, 1 (to spoil, pollute; also, of documents, to falsify): a dreadful plague had v.d the air of Latium, dira lues Latias v. auras, Ov. M. 15, 626.
2. corrumpo, ūpi, ptum, 3: they can v. the morals of the community, c. mores civitatis possunt, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32: v.TO CORRUPT .
3. dēprāvo, 1: nature is v.d by bad training, natura depravata est mala disciplina, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33. Join: corrupta ac depravata, id. Mur. 12, 27.
4. ădultĕro, 1: deceit v.s one's judgment of what is true, simulatio a. judicium veri, Cic. Am. 25, 92.
5. sometimes interpŏlo, 1: v.TO FALSIFY . Phr.: I begin my dinner with no v.d appetite, integram famem ad ovum affero, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 1.
II. To render defective, invalidate:
1. rescindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3.
2. irrĭtum reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: v.TO IMPAIR , INVALIDATE .
I. To spoil, impair:
1. vĭtio, 1 (to spoil, pollute; also, of documents, to falsify): a dreadful plague had v.d the air of Latium, dira lues Latias v. auras, Ov. M. 15, 626.
2. corrumpo, ūpi, ptum, 3: they can v. the morals of the community, c. mores civitatis possunt, Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32: v.
3. dēprāvo, 1: nature is v.d by bad training, natura depravata est mala disciplina, Cic. Fin. 2, 11, 33. Join: corrupta ac depravata, id. Mur. 12, 27.
4. ădultĕro, 1: deceit v.s one's judgment of what is true, simulatio a. judicium veri, Cic. Am. 25, 92.
5. sometimes interpŏlo, 1: v.
II. To render defective, invalidate:
1. rescindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3.
2. irrĭtum reddo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3: v.