deprave

[ dih-preyv ]

/ dɪˈpreɪv /

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verb (used with object), de·praved, de·prav·ing.

to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.

Obsolete. to defame.

Words nearby deprave

depository library, depot, depot injection, depp, depr., deprave, depraved, depravity, deprecate, deprecative, deprecatory

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

OTHER WORDS FROM deprave

dep·ra·va·tion

[dep-ruh-vey-shuh n] /ˌdɛp rəˈveɪ ʃən/, nounde·prav·er, nounde·prav·ing·ly, adverbnon·dep·ra·va·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for depravation

We can admit the intractability of depravation, and still strive for dignity.
Obama's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech|Barack Obama|December 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Thus every legislation "has for its consequence at once the enslavement of society and the depravation of the legislators."
Anarchism|Paul Eltzbacher
If this be improvement, truly I know not what can be called a depravation of society.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)|Edmund Burke
When then, and where did the work of depravation take place?
The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels|John Burgon

It is a voluptuous excess in drink to the depravation of reason.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter
When the Boston being abandons himself—or herself—to fashion, she suffers a depravation into something quite lurid.
April Hopes|William Dean Howells

British Dictionary definitions for depravation

deprave

/ (dɪˈpreɪv) /

verb (tr)

to make morally bad; corrupt; vitiate

obsolete to defame; slander

Derived forms of deprave

depravation (ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən), noundepraver, noun

Word Origin for deprave

C14: from Latin dēprāvāre to distort, corrupt, from de- + prāvus crooked

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deprave

verb (used with object), de·praved, de·prav·ing.

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Origin of deprave

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verb (tr)

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