vitiation (it as ish)

[Lat. vitiation, from vitiatus, pa. par. of vitio =to vitiate (q. v.).] 1. The act of vitiating, depraving, impairing, spoiling, or corrupting; the state of being vitiated. "The foresaid extenuation of the body is imputed to the blood's vitiation by malign putrid vapors smoking throughout the ve els."- Harvey: On Consumption. 2. A rendering invalid or of no effect; invalidation. marine; gō, pět, IMG:content-0551.png:[blocks in formation] †vit-i-cul-tu-rist, s . [Eng. viticultur (e); -ist.] One engaged in the culture or cultivation of the vine; a vine-grower. "The honest viticulturist whose money Quimby borrowed." Town and Country Journal (Sydney), Dec. 19, 1885, p. 1282.