deprave
verb (used with object)
to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
is depraving
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present progressiveof deprave (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The effect of this is depraving: it contracts the soul, misdirects its energies, and blunts the edge of its spiritual sensibility.
From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Francis Augustus Cox
It is a dreadful example for younger artists, and I think Wagner is depraving them.
From Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay by Amy Fay
