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deprave
[ dih-preyv ]
verb (used with object)
- to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
- Obsolete. to defame.
deprave
/ ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən; dɪˈpreɪv /
verb
- to make morally bad; corrupt; vitiate
- obsolete.to defame; slander
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Derived Forms
- depravation, noun
- deˈpraver, noun
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Other Words From
- dep·ra·va·tion [dep-r, uh, -, vey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- de·praver noun
- de·praving·ly adverb
- nondep·ra·vation noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deprave1
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Example Sentences
No possible amount of good to ever so many can make it right to deprave ever so few; happiness and misery cannot be measured so!
It prevents also such instruction in the classics as must necessarily deprave the estimate of woman.
Power and riches were chiefly to be dreaded on account of their tendency to deprave the possessor.
They would corrupt the morals, debase the manners, and deprave the tastes of the young.
Such engagements are always dangerous; sometimes they deprave the character of the man or woman.'
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