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
No possible amount of good to ever so many can make it right to deprave ever so few; happiness and misery cannot be measured so!
The Minister's Wooing | Harriet Beecher StoweIt prevents also such instruction in the classics as must necessarily deprave the estimate of woman.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. DallPower and riches were chiefly to be dreaded on account of their tendency to deprave the possessor.
Wieland; or The Transformation | Charles Brockden BrownThey would corrupt the morals, debase the manners, and deprave the tastes of the young.
Such engagements are always dangerous; sometimes they deprave the character of the man or woman.'
New Grub Street | George Gissing
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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