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v. t.
To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air.
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Full and smoothly expanded; not defective or abrupt; finished; polished; -- said of style, or of authors with reference to their style.
v. t.
To vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood.
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Not sound; not whole; not solid; defective; infirm; diseased.
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Fault; defect; coarseness.
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Having defects; imperfect.
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An operation for the repair of an injury or a defect in the walls of the urethra.
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Liable to defect; imperfect.
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Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb.
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One who advocates or encourages defection.
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Characterized by vice or defects; defective; faulty; imperfect.
n.
A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance.
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Full of defects; imperfect.
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Not wise; defective in wisdom; injudicious; indiscreet; foolish; as, an unwise man; unwise kings; unwise measures.
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Not firm or trusty; unsound; defective; treacherous; unsafe; as, a rotten plank, bone, stone.
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Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind.
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Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection.
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A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.
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Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules.
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Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.
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