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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deprave \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
depraved
adj 1: having the nature of vice [syn: {evil}, {vicious}]
2: hopelessly bad "an unregenerate criminal" [syn: {unreformable},
{unregenerate}]
3: marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered
right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a
perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a
gambling aristocrat" [syn: {immoral}, {perverse}, {perverted},
{reprobate}]
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