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Definition of 'deprave'

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deprave

(dɪpreɪv )
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense depraves , present participle depraving , past tense, past participle depraved
verb
Something that depraves someone makes them morally bad or evil.
[formal]
...material likely to deprave or corrupt those who see it. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: corrupt, pervert, degrade, seduce   More Synonyms of deprave
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deprave in British

(dɪˈpreɪv )
verb (transitive)
1. 
to make morally bad; corrupt; vitiate
2. obsolete
to defame; slander
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Derived forms
depravation (ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən )
  noun
depraver (deˈpraver)
  noun
Word origin of 'deprave'
C14: from Latin dēprāvāre to distort, corrupt, from de- + prāvus crooked
Word Frequency

deprave in American

(diˈpreɪv ; dēprāvˈ; dɪˈpreɪv ; diprāvˈ)
verb transitiveWord forms: deˈpraved or deˈpraving
1. 
to lead into bad habits; make morally bad; corrupt; pervert
2.  Obsolete
to defame or slander
SIMILAR WORDS:  deˈbase
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Derived forms
depravation (ˌdepraˈvation) (ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən ; depˌrəvāˈshən)
  noun
depraver (deˈpraver)
  noun
Word origin of 'deprave'
ME depraven < OFr depraver < L depravare, to make crooked < de-, intens. + pravus, crooked < IE base *pra-, to bend > MIr rāth, bulwark

Example sentences containing 'deprave'

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Do we see ourselves as totally depraved? Christianity Today (2000)

Trends of 'deprave'

Used Rarely. deprave is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of deprave from the Collins English Dictionary

The subjunctive

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