viciate
English
Verb
viciate (third-person singular simple present viciates, present participle viciating, simple past and past participle viciated)
- Archaic form of vitiate.
Related terms
References
- “viciate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vitiātus, the past participle of vitiō; equivalent to vice + -at.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viːsiˈaːt/
Adjective
viciate (Late Middle English, rare)
- Spoiled, injured, or ruined; made corrupt or base.
- Lacking purification; unpurified.
Descendants
- English: vitiate
References
- “viciāt(e, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 March 2019.
Spanish
Verb
viciate