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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪv

Verb

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

Derived terms

• depravement
• depravingly

Related terms

• depravation
• depraved
• depravedness
• depravity

Translations

To speak ill of

• Dutch: kwaad spreken, bekladden (nl)
• Italian: depravare (it)

To make bad or worse

• Bulgarian: развалям (bg) (razvaljam), влошавам (bg) (vlošavam)
• Czech: kazit (cs) impf, zkazit pf, narušit (cs) pf, pokazit mravně pf
• Dutch: slecht maken, doen verloederen, doen ontaarden,
• German: verderben (de)
• Irish: truailligh
• Maori: whakatautauhea
• Ottoman Turkish: بوزمق (bozmak)

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

Spanish

Verb

deprave

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