2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pervert \Per*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perverted}; p. pr &
vb n. {Perverting}.] [F. pervertir, L. pervertere,
perversum per + vertere to turn. See {Per-}, and {Verse}.]
1. To turnanother way to divert. [Obs.]
Let's follow him and pervert the present wrath.
--Shak.
2. To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert
from a right use end or way to lead astray; to corrupt;
also to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as to
pervert one's words --Dryden.
He in the serpent, had perverted Eve. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
perverted
adj 1: (used of sexual behavior) "kinky sex"; "perverted practices"
[syn: {kinky}]
2: having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many
of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to
reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem" [syn: {distorted},
{misrepresented}, {twisted}]
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: {depraved}, {immoral}, {perverse},
{reprobate}]
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