viciate

English

Verb

viciate (third-person singular simple present viciates, present participle viciating, simple past and past participle viciated)

  1. Archaic form of vitiate.

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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)

  1. Spoiled, injured, or ruined; made corrupt or base.
  2. Lacking purification; unpurified.

Descendants

  • English: vitiate

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Spanish

Verb

viciate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of viciar combined with te