vitiation

Example Sentences

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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

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

While occupying a room, we are insensible of the 237 gradual vitiation of the air.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin

No man ever struggled to retain power over a mixed multitude without suffering vitiation; his standard must be their lower needs and not his own best insight.

From Romola by Eliot, George

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.