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   vitiate
         v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch
               the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was
               accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors
               subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn:
               {corrupt}, {pervert}, {subvert}, {demoralize},
               {demoralise}, {debauch}, {debase}, {profane}, {vitiate},
               {deprave}, {misdirect}]
         2: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: {mar},
            {impair}, {spoil}, {deflower}, {vitiate}]
         3: take away the legal force of or render ineffective;
            "invalidate a contract" [syn: {invalidate}, {void},
            {vitiate}] [ant: {validate}]

English Dictionary: vote out by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vote out
v
  1. thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
    Synonym(s): kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Violet \Vi"o*let\, n. [F. violette a violet (cf. violet
      violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin
      to Gr. [?]. Cf. {Iodine}.]
      1. (Bot.) Any plant or flower of the genus {Viola}, of many
            species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants,
            and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while
            others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the
            pansy ({Viola tricolor}).
  
      Note: The cultivated sweet violet is {Viola odorata} of
               Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United
               States is {V. cucullata}; the sand, or bird-foot,
               violet is {V. pedata}.
  
      2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum
            farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the
            spectrum.
  
      3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue
            in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. --Mollett.
  
      4. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of small
            violet-colored butterflies belonging to {Lyc[91]na}, or
            {Rusticus}, and allied genera.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Motivate \Mo"ti*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {-vated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {-vating}.] [From {Motive}, n.]
      To provide with a motive; to move; impel; induce; incite. --
      {Mo`ti*va"tion}, n. --William James.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vat \Vat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vatted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Vatting}.]
      To put or transfer into a vat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vedette \Ve*dette"\, n. [F. vedette, It. vedetta, for veletta
      (influenced by vedere to see, L. videre), from It. veglia
      watch, L. vigilia. See {Vigil}.]
      A sentinel, usually on horseback, stationed on the outpost of
      an army, to watch an enemy and give notice of danger; a
      vidette.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Veto \Ve"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vetoed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Vetoing}.]
      To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a
      legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto
      an appropriation bill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Curvet \Cur"vet\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Curveted} or {-vetted};
      p. pr. & vb. n. {Curveting} or {-vetting}.] [Cf. It.
      corvettare. See {Curvet}, n.]
      1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. [bd]Oft and high he
            did curvet.[b8] --Drayton.
  
      2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vidette \Vi*dette"\, n. (Mil.)
      Same {Vedette}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Viduity \Vi*du"i*ty\, n. [L. viduitas: cf. F. viduit[82].]
      Widowhood. [R.] [bd]Chaste viduity.[b8] --Ld. Ellenborough.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vitiate \Vi"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vitiated}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Vitiating}.] [L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate,
      fr. vitium a fault, vice. See {Vice} a fault.] [Written also
      {viciate}.]
      1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render
            defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to
            impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration
            vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air.
  
                     A will vitiated and growth out of love with the
                     truth disposes the understanding to error and
                     delusion.                                          --South.
  
                     Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
                     This undistinguishing complaisance will vitiate the
                     taste of readers.                              --Garth.
  
      2. To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to
            make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of
            an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue
            influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud
            vitiates a contract.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vittate \Vit"tate\, a. [L. vittatus bound with a fillet, fr.
      vitta fillet.]
      1. (Bot.) Bearing or containing vitt[91].
  
      2. Striped longitudinally.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Void \Void\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Voided}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Voiding}.] [OF. voidier, vuidier. See {Void}, a.]
      1. To remove the contents of; to make or leave vacant or
            empty; to quit; to leave; as, to void a table.
  
                     Void anon her place.                           --Chaucer.
  
                     If they will fight with us, bid them come down, Or
                     void the field.                                 --Shak.
  
      2. To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge;
            as, to void excrements.
  
                     A watchful application of mind in voiding
                     prejudices.                                       --Barrow.
  
                     With shovel, like a fury, voided out The earth and
                     scattered bones.                                 --J. Webster.
  
      3. To render void; to make to be of no validity or effect; to
            vacate; to annul; to nullify.
  
                     After they had voided the obligation of the oath he
                     had taken.                                          --Bp. Burnet.
  
                     It was become a practice . . . to void the security
                     that was at any time given for money so borrowed.
                                                                              --Clarendon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Voided \Void"ed\, a.
      1. Emptied; evacuated.
  
      2. Annulled; invalidated.
  
      3. (Her.) Having the inner part cut away, or left vacant, a
            narrow border being left at the sides, the tincture of the
            field being seen in the vacant space; -- said of a charge.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vote \Vote\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Voted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Voting}.] [Cf. F. voter.]
      To express or signify the mind, will, or preference, either
      viva voce, or by ballot, or by other authorized means, as in
      electing persons to office, in passing laws, regulations,
      etc., or in deciding on any proposition in which one has an
      interest with others.
  
               The vote for a duelist is to assist in the prostration
               of justice, and, indirectly, to encourage the crime.
                                                                              --L. Beecher.
  
               To vote on large principles, to vote honestly, requires
               a great amount of information.               --F. W.
                                                                              Robertson.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Vadito, NM (CDP, FIPS 81520)
      Location: 36.19108 N, 105.67710 W
      Population (1990): 283 (119 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 87579
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