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  • verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pervert.

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Examples

  • Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people; and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him.

    Cultural Accessorizing: Are Banjos the New Bicycle? BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • The Mosaic Law says about public officials recieving contributions (Ex23: 8) "And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous."

    Election Central Labor Day Roundup 2009

  • Cursed is he that perverteth the judgement of the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.

    Ash Wednesday . . . Old School Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

  • Cursed is he that perverteth the judgement of the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

  • Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • “Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people; and behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him.”

    Firedoglake » Come to Jesus, Bugman 2006

  • Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • The malignity of thy temper perverteth nature; thy learning makes thee more barbarous; thy study of humanity more inhuman; thy converse among poets more grovelling, miry, and dull.

    The Battle of the Books 2003

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