deprave
[ dih-preyv ]
/ dɪˈpreɪv /
verb (used with object), de·praved, de·prav·ing.
to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
Obsolete. to defame.
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Nearby words
- depot,
- depot injection,
- depp,
- depr.,
- depravation,
- depraved,
- depravity,
- deprecate,
- deprecating,
- deprecation
Origin of deprave
1325–75; Middle English depraven (< Anglo-French) < Latin dēprāvāre to pervert, corrupt, equivalent to dē- de- + prāv(us) crooked + -āre infinitive suffix
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deprave
/ (dɪˈpreɪv) /
verb (tr)
to make morally bad; corrupt; vitiate
obsolete to defame; slander
Word Origin for deprave
C14: from Latin dēprāvāre to distort, corrupt, from de- + prāvus crooked
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deprave
late 14c., "corrupt, lead astray, pervert," from Old French depraver (14c.) or directly from Latin depravare "distort, disfigure;" figuratively "to pervert, seduce, corrupt," from de- "completely" (see de-) + pravus "crooked." Related: Depraved; depraving.
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