deprave
English
Etymology
From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈpɹeɪv/
- Rhymes: -eɪv
Verb
deprave (third-person singular simple present depraves, present participle depraving, simple past and past participle depraved)
- (transitive) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
- (transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt
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Further reading
- deprave in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- deprave in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- deprave at OneLook Dictionary Search
Spanish
Verb
deprave
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of depravar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of depravar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of depravar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of depravar.
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