vitiation

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And from that first foundation the poet may lawfully go on to bring in perverted intelligence and moral vitiation of the soul.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various

Next, in regard to vitiation of the air, by which is meant the alteration in its composition resulting from the admixture of products of combustion with it.

From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)

Other disease makes itself known by aches or appearance, but the blood courses on with no sign of vitiation, carrying its poison to every nerve and fibre of the body.

From Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Pinkham, Lydia Estes

They are usually accompanied with a well-developed fetus, so that the mole may be looked upon as a twin which has undergone arrest and vitiation of development.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

When the atmosphere is vitiated, the oxygenating processes are diminished in ratio to the vitiation.

From Martyria or Andersonville Prison by Hamlin, Augustus C.