vitiation

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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

If this be true of news and of its vitiation through the Press, it is still truer of opinions and suggested ideas.

From The Free Press by Belloc, Hilaire

Will society do for the safety of this young soul what the doctor does for the body, when it is a question of contending against hereditary vitiation?

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

They are not, however, constant, since the so-called "impurities," which on combustion cause vitiation of the air, vary greatly in amount according to the extent to which the gases have been purified.

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)

Deare madam, heare me: You had a noble husband, while he livd; And I beleive That no perswasion cold have forcd you yeild To vitiation of his honord bed, Not with a prince.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)