Meaning of DEPRAVE
| Pronunciation: | | di'preyv
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| | Definition: | | [v] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
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| | See Also: | | alter, bastardise, bastardize, carnalise, carnalize, change, infect, lead astray, lead off, poison, sensualise, sensualize, suborn, whore | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*prave"\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depraved}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Depraving}.] [L. depravare, depravatum; de- + pravus
crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked.]
1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
[Obs.]
And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide
Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. --Piers
Plowman.
2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
Whose pride depraves each other better part.
--Spenser.
Syn: To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.
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| | Related Terms: | | abuse, adulterate, afflict, aggrieve, alloy, bastardize, befoul, bewitch, blight, brutalize, canker, cheapen, coarsen, condemn, confound, contaminate, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, demoralize, denature, desecrate, despoil, destroy, devalue, disadvantage, disserve, distort, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, envenom, get into trouble, harass, harm, hex, hurt, impair, infect, injure, jinx, maltreat, menace, mistreat, misuse, molest, outrage, persecute, pervert, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, prostitute, ravage, ravish, savage, scathe, taint, threaten, torment, torture, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong |
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