- The force exerted between the atoms of elementary
substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical
attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for
chemical activity or relationship.
- Mar - 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. - To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part;
to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an
instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on
a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract.