| 1. | to affect with perversion. |
| 2. | to lead astray morally. |
| 3. | to turn away from the right course. |
| 4. | to lead into mental error or false judgment. |
| 5. | to turn to an improper use; misapply. |
| 6. | to misconstrue or misinterpret, esp. deliberately; distort: to pervert someone's statement. |
| 7. | to bring to a less excellent state; vitiate; debase. |
| 8. | Pathology. to change to what is unnatural or abnormal. |
| 9. | to convert or persuade to a religious belief regarded as false or wrong. |
| 10. | a person who practices sexual perversion. |
| 11. | Pathology. a person affected with perversion. |
| 12. | a person who has been perverted, esp. to a religious belief regarded as erroneous. |

per·vert (pər-vûrt') tr.v. per·vert·ed, per·vert·ing, per·verts
One who practices sexual perversion. [Middle English perverten, from Old French pervertir, from Latin pervertere : per-, per- + vertere, to turn; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.] per·vert'er n., per·vert'i·ble adj. |
perverted per·vert·ed (pər-vûr'tĭd)
adj.
Deviating from what is considered normal or correct.
Of, relating to, or practicing sexual perversion.