deprave
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de·prave
(dĭ-prāv') 
tr.v., -praved, -prav·ing, -praves.
To debase, especially morally; corrupt. See synonyms at corrupt.
depraver de·prav'er n.
tr.v., -praved, -prav·ing, -praves.
To debase, especially morally; corrupt. See synonyms at corrupt.
[Middle English depraven, to corrupt, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre : dē-, de- + prāvus, crooked.]
depravation dep'ra·va'tion (dĕp'rə-vā'shən) n.depraver de·prav'er n.
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deprave
verb
- To ruin utterly in character or quality: animalize, bastardize, bestialize, brutalize, canker, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp. See clean/dirty, help/harm/harmless.
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deprave
v
Definition: corrupt, lead astray
Antonyms: ennoble, improve, moralize
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Deprave
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - demoralisere, fordærve
Nederlands (Dutch)
corrumperen, verderven
Français (French)
v. tr. - dépraver, corrompre
Deutsch (German)
v. - korrumpieren, verderben
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - διαφθείρω, εξαχρειώνω
Italiano (Italian)
depravare, corrompere
Português (Portuguese)
v. - depravar
Русский (Russian)
развратить, осквернить, опорочить
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - depravar, corromper
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - fördärva
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使堕落, 使腐败, 使恶化
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使墮落, 使腐敗, 使惡化
한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 질을 저하시키다
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 悪くする, 堕落させる
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يفسد الأخلاق
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - השחית, קלקל
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