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verb (used with object), -praved, -prav·ing.
1.
to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
2.
Obsolete. to defame.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English depraven (< Anglo-French ) < Latin dēprāvāre to pervert, corrupt, equivalent to dē- de- + prāv(us) crooked + -āre infinitive suffix
1325–75; Middle English depraven (< Anglo-French ) < Latin dēprāvāre to pervert, corrupt, equivalent to dē- de- + prāv(us) crooked + -āre infinitive suffix
Related forms
de·prav·er, noun
de·prav·ing·ly, adverb
non·dep·ra·va·tion, noun
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deprave
mid-14c., from O.Fr. depraver, from L. depravare "corrupt," from de- "completely" + pravus "crooked."
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