deprave

English

Etymology

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)

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

Further reading

  • deprave in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • deprave in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • deprave at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

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.
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