deprave
to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
Obsolete. to defame.
Origin of deprave
1Other words from deprave
- dep·ra·va·tion [dep-ruh-vey-shuhn], /ˌdɛp rəˈveɪ ʃən/, noun
- de·prav·er, noun
- de·prav·ing·ly, adverb
- non·dep·ra·va·tion, noun
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How to use deprave in a sentence
We can admit the intractability of depravation, and still strive for dignity.
When the Boston being abandons himself—or herself—to fashion, she suffers a depravation into something quite lurid.
April Hopes | William Dean HowellsIt is a voluptuous excess in drink to the depravation of reason.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4) | Richard BaxterNow, no such depravation appears in the versions printed by Percy, Scott, and Jamieson.
The Romantic Scottish Ballads: Their Epoch and Authorship | Robert ChambersThus every legislation "has for its consequence at once the enslavement of society and the depravation of the legislators."
Anarchism | Paul Eltzbacher
The depravation of manners, as savage as they were corrupt, is marked by the presence of the emperor himself.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward Gibbon
British Dictionary definitions for deprave
/ (dɪˈpreɪv) /
to make morally bad; corrupt; vitiate
obsolete to defame; slander
Origin of deprave
1Derived forms of deprave
- depravation (ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən), noun
- depraver, noun
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