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

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈpɹeɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪv

Verb

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

Related terms

• depravation
• depraved
• depravedness
• depravity

Translations

To speak ill of

• Dutch: kwaad spreken,bekladden (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: depravare

To make bad or worse

• Bulgarian: развалям (bg) (razvaljam), влошавам (bg) (vlošavam)
• Dutch: slecht maken,doen verloederen,doen ontaarden,
• German: verderben (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whakatautauhea

Further reading

• “deprave”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “deprave”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “deprave”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• pervade, repaved

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Spanish

Verb

deprave

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of depravar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of depravar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of depravar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of depravar.