deprave
verb (used with object)
to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
depraving
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present participleof deprave.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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These ordures are rapidly depraving the public taste, and lessening its relish for sound food.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
Item, that she rails on men in authority, depraving their honours with bitter jests and taunts; and that she's a backbiter, setting strife betwixt bosom friends.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
His own example has had a depraving influence.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by James Kennedy
Better to devote one’s self to a useful and humble profession than employ one’s talent in depraving morals, and degrading souls.
From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Paul Janet
DepravÄ′tion, act of depraving: state of being depraved: depravity.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
