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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deprave \De*prave"\, n. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depraved}; p. pr & vb n. {Depraving}.] [L. depravare depravatum de- + pravus crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: depraved adj 1: having the nature of vice [syn: {evil}, {vicious}] 2: hopelessly bad "an unregenerate criminal" [syn: {unreformable}, {unregenerate}] 3: marked by immorality; deviating from what is considered right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" [syn: {immoral}, {perverse}, {perverted}, {reprobate}]
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