MEANING
To spoil or weaken the validity, force, or effectiveness of something.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- vitiate an agreement
- vitiate an argument
On the page
The undisclosed conflict vitiated the approval process.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- vitiate
- Past tense
- vitiated
- Past participle
- vitiated
- Present participle
- vitiating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- vitiate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are vitiating
- Present perfect
- have/has vitiated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been vitiating
- Past
- vitiated
- Past continuous
- was/were vitiating
- Past perfect
- had vitiated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been vitiating
- Future
- will vitiate
- Future continuous
- will be vitiating
- Future perfect
- will have vitiated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been vitiating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: vitiate; vitiates; vitiated; vitiated; vitiating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: argumentation, evidence, inference. Commonness: uncommon. Third-person singular: vitiates.
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