Thesaurus: deprave
To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
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Definitions
- n. t. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
- n. t. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
- v. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
- 1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.] And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. Piers Plowman. 2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt. Whose pride depraves each other better part. Spenser. Syn. -- To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.
- v:100 v corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality