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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.
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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-shuhn], /ˌdɛp rəˈveɪ ʃən/, nounde·prav·er, nounde·prav·ing·ly, adverbnon·dep·ra·va·tion, nounWords nearby deprave
depository library, deposit slip, depot, Depp, depr., deprave, depraved, depravity, deprecate, deprecated, deprecation
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British Dictionary definitions for deprave
deprave
/ (dɪˈpreɪv) /
verb (tr)
to make morally bad; corrupt; vitiate
obsolete to defame; slander
Derived forms of deprave
depravation (ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən), noundepraver, nounWord Origin for deprave
C14: from Latin dēprāvāre to distort, corrupt, from de- + prāvus crooked
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