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perverting |
1 definition 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.
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