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Definition of Deprave
1. Verb. Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality. "Corrupt the morals"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Carnalise, Carnalize, Sensualise, Sensualize, Infect, Lead Astray, Lead Off, Poison, Bastardise, Bastardize, Suborn
Derivative terms: Corruptible, Corruption, Corruptive, Debasement, Debauch, Debauchee, Debaucher, Debauchery, Demoralisation, Demoralization, Depravation, Depravity, Perversive, Pervert, Profanation, Subversion
Definition of Deprave
1. v. t. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
Definition of Deprave
1. Verb. (transitive) To speak ill of ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) to make (a situation) bad or worse ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) to corrupt ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) to depreciate ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) to malign ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) to revile ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) to vitiate ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deprave
1. to corrupt in morals [v -PRAVED, -PRAVING, -PRAVES]
Medical Definition of Deprave
1. 1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. "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) Synonym: To corrupt, vitiate, contaminate, pollute. Origin: L. Depravare, depravatum; de- + pravus crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deprave
Literary usage of Deprave
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"That lie, and cog, and flout, deprave and slander. SHAKESPEARE, Much Ado about
Nothing, act v. se. I. I am depraved unjustly; who never deprived the Church ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... but, before a publication can be regarded as lewd, it must be calculated, with
the ordinary reader, to deprave his morals or lead to impure purposes. ..."
3. The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh: Three by James Mackintosh (1848)
"... ;—than that literature should be employed to teach a toleration for cruelty,—to
weaken moral hatred for guilt,—to deprave and brutalise the human mind. ..."
4. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"... mongering boys That lie and cog and flout, deprave and slander WALTER RALEIGH:
Shakespeare. Claudius, King of Denmark, in Shakespeare's tragedy, Hamlet, ..."
5. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1828)
"... drawn out in foul array, the authors of encores, and they would not deprave
their execution, and excruciate our ears to win them ! ..."
6. History of Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, Charles Whibley (1899)
"... deprave their proceedings. Which cause even himself, but least by his presence
he might seeme to ..."
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