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11-08-2010, 06:37 PM
Vitiate
PRONUNCIATION:
(VISH-ee-ayt)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
1. To impair or spoil the effectiveness of.
2. To corrupt.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin vitiare (to spoil, injure), from vitium (blemish). Earliest recorded use: 1534.
USAGE:
"The peaceful atmosphere at the school was vitiated as a police constable in an inebriated condition created a scene there."
Alok Mishra; Women, Girls Outnumber Men in Gopalganj, Siwan; The Times of India (New Delhi); Oct 29, 2010.
:floweram:A THOUGHT FOR TODAY::floweram:
In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. -Mortimer J. Adler, philosopher, educator and author (1902-2001)
PRONUNCIATION:
(VISH-ee-ayt)
MEANING:
verb tr.:
1. To impair or spoil the effectiveness of.
2. To corrupt.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin vitiare (to spoil, injure), from vitium (blemish). Earliest recorded use: 1534.
USAGE:
"The peaceful atmosphere at the school was vitiated as a police constable in an inebriated condition created a scene there."
Alok Mishra; Women, Girls Outnumber Men in Gopalganj, Siwan; The Times of India (New Delhi); Oct 29, 2010.
:floweram:A THOUGHT FOR TODAY::floweram:
In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you. -Mortimer J. Adler, philosopher, educator and author (1902-2001)