vitiation
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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 A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
He had a contempt for cheap and plain belongings, as leaning insensibly to vitiation of taste.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda Minnie Douglas
Putting it aside, however, light is obtainable by means of acetylene with less attendant vitiation of the air than by means of any other gas or of oil or candles.
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 F. H. (Frank Henley) Leeds
You will remember that he ascribes this circumstance to some unknown vice in the ovaries of the queen; but he was far from suspecting that retarded fecundation had been the cause of vitiation.
From New observations on the natural history of bees by François Huber
Why are we insensible to the gradual vitiation of the air of an unventilated room?
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
