deprave

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That lie, and cog, and flout, deprave, and slander.

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  1. transitive verb To debase, especially morally; corrupt. See Synonyms at corrupt.

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  • "The test is whether the material is likely to deprave or corrupt those reading or viewing it." —  ContactMusic Ltd | Latest News
  • The last time the criminal libel 'tendency to deprave or corrupt' test was implicated in an Irish case was —  Slugger O'Toole
  • She added that "the test is whether the material is likely to deprave or corrupt those reading or viewing it". —  Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • I know them, yea And what they weigh even to the utmost scruple Scrambling, out-facing, fashion-monging boys That lie, and cog, and flout, deprave, and slander Much Ado about Nothing, act 5, scene 1 Walter could not help hearing a part of this conversation, and he was pained and surprised that Kenrick, whom he had regarded as so fine a character, should show his worst side at home, and should speak and act thus unkindly to one whom he was so deeply bound to love and reverence. —  St. Winifred's, or The World of School
  • A place where anything is kept in safety. judgment. deprave v. To render bad, especially morally bad. defiant adj. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English depraven, to corrupt, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre : dē-, de- + prāvus, crooked.

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  1. from Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, pervert, calumniate, accuse, French dépraver = Spanish Portuguese depravar = Italian depravare, from Latin depravare, pervert, distort, corrupt, from de- + pravus, crooked, misshapen, wicked, depraved.
 

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