Verb (used with object), : to vitiate a claim. From Dictionary.com.
Just remembered that I completely forgot to add a Word of the Week this week - so in view of the topic, how about 'vitiate'?. From Wordnik.com. [Light and Shade] Reference
Does that false name vitiate the marriage? '. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop's Secret] Reference
A light will vitiate as much air as a dozen persons. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
But these do not vitiate the schools; they are exceptions. From Wordnik.com. [Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro] Reference
The king was among the first to vitiate his oath, and break the. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Covenanters] Reference
Small-pox does not vitiate the blood of a people; this disease does. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
It's not only current law enforcement that Gramm's tactics could vitiate. From Wordnik.com. [Earth To Phil Gramm] Reference
Hmm. Does the second point somewhat vitiate the seriousness of the first?. From Wordnik.com. [Wood War! Who Wins Today's Grabby Tabloid Battle For Your Eyeballs?] Reference
And coincidentally, it would also vitiate completely Lebanon's sovereignty. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2006] Reference
Other factors may, however, vitiate the above analysis, as indicated below. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
This assumption would vitiate the promise of his coming made to our first parents. From Wordnik.com. [The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism] Reference
It is clear that the offset provisions in Waxman-Markey do not vitiate the targets. From Wordnik.com. [Joseph Romm: Memo to Media: Don't be Suckered by Bad Analyses from the Breakthrough Institute] Reference
So, imo, I'm not sure how much the results of the poll vitiate the "she-can't-win argument.". From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Hillary Leading McCain, Giuliani In Ohio] Reference
It might be thought that this would vitiate their powers of matching color, but it is not so. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887] Reference
Obviously a definition drawn to the specific individual would completely vitiate the concept. From Wordnik.com. [Partnership In Intergovernmental Service Delivery] Reference
They vitiate speech and the establishment would gladly rid itself of them if a way could be found. From Wordnik.com. [The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2] Reference
But whether it is or not, does not vitiate the literal quantity when applied to these two witnesses. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882] Reference
We know that it had been timed very viciously to vitiate the atmosphere during the president's visit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 4, 2006] Reference
The existence of an indemnity agreement does nothing to vitiate the usefulness of the lawsuits going forward. From Wordnik.com. [Obama On FISA: Telecom Immunity Issue Doesn't Override National Security] Reference
And the lighter the gas, the more will this circumstance vitiate the experiments to determine its specific heat. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence] Reference
Taken homoeopathically, it may be harmless; but if it become a habit, a necessity, it must vitiate, enervate, destroy. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863] Reference
But such an interpolated composition, besides having no purpose in itself, would vitiate the unity of the entire relief. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
Now it is our turn; we now have a candidate who can use that same bamboozling magic to vitiate Reagan's works completely. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards Hits Obama For Reagan Comment] Reference
He cannot once Title III -- by virtue of the action taken today to let Title III come into effect, he cannot vitiate that. From Wordnik.com. [Briefing On Helms Burton Title Iii Suspension] Reference
But GOP moderates in the Senate revolted late last week, voting to cap the amount of cuts and there-by vitiate Bush's vision. From Wordnik.com. [Different From Dad] Reference
Of course, eventually human nature may vitiate the force of group effort, if competing egos and agendas splinter the approach. From Wordnik.com. [Mayhill Fowler: The New Strategy for Obama's War: Precision Power] Reference
He does very little to fill out or to elaborate the story; he does nothing to vitiate his style; there is little ornament or emphasis. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
That, if anything, is something she's articulated as being a regret - her efforts to project steely strength to vitiate that impression. From Wordnik.com. [HuffPost Liveblog: Liveblog! Dems Play "Meet Me In Ohio"] Reference
He got excited about the chance to send Obama back to the Senate, vitiate a landslide election, and remain the black king in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [Gregory Allen Howard: The Biggest Loser] Reference
But I do believe we should have stayed with that 45 days and Congress should not come in now and try and vitiate this contract on its own. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2006] Reference
It is not clear to me that the DNC's own officers will wish to vitiate the only means by which the party is able to exercise any authority. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Campaign: Former DNC Chairs Support Us, Too] Reference
Moslems until they learn that occidental habit has created an atmosphere of innocence in such cases which even bunny-hugging has failed to vitiate. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
There are obvious reasons why an explanation of the causes which vitiate a purification, or of the cases in which ghusl is required, cannot be given here. From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
Yet, in aiming at literary art, it must be remembered that all the cardinal virtues go into a good style, while each of the seven deadly sins tends to vitiate. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
I've just returned from repeated trips abroad, and I find that most foreign friends are worried that this will further vitiate our ability to govern and to lead. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlas That Shrugged] Reference
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