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deprave

verb
/dɪˈpɹeɪv/UK

Etymology

From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”).

  1. derived from dēprāvō — “pervert, distort, corrupt”
  2. derived from depraver
  3. inherited from depraven

Definitions

  1. To speak ill of

    To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile

  2. To make bad or worse

    To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt

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Derived

depravement, depravingly

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA