deprave

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English

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Etymology

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

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deprave (third-person singular simple present depraves, present participle depraving, simple past and past participle depraved)

  1. (transitive) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
  2. (transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt

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Verb

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deprave

  1. inflection of depravar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative