pervert
verb (used with object)
to affect with perversion.
has perverted
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present perfectof pervert (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It is our misfortune to live in an age that has perverted the concept of shame.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2014
She has long suffered the invective of traditionalists who feel she has perverted the tony magazine started by Harold Ross in 1925.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kris Kringle inveighs against the commercialism which has perverted Christmas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some fear Castro's popular appeal among the hungry peasantry of their own nations; and if Castro has perverted the cause of social reform, they are still on the side of reform.
From Time Magazine Archive
His larynx would make him a singer, and his mental capacity is far above the average; but he has perverted his gifts, till his music is nothing but noise and his talent nothing but smartness.
From Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey
