"deprave" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈpɹeɪv/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deprave.wav Forms: depraves [present, singular, third-person], depraving [participle, present], depraved [participle, past], depraved [past]
Rhymes: -eɪv Etymology: From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|depraven}} Middle English depraven, {{der|en|fro|depraver}} Old French depraver, {{der|en|la|dēprāvō|dēprāvāre|t=pervert, distort, corrupt}} Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”) Head templates: {{en-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 Tags: transitive Translations (To speak ill of): kwaad spreken (Dutch), bekladden (Dutch), depravare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-deprave-en-verb-jZUQ7PVO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'To speak ill of': 97 3
  2. (transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt Tags: transitive Translations (To make bad or worse): развалям (razvaljam) (Bulgarian), влошавам (vlošavam) (Bulgarian), kazit [imperfective] (Czech), zkazit [perfective] (Czech), narušit [perfective] (Czech), pokazit mravně [perfective] (Czech), slecht maken (Dutch), doen verloederen (Dutch), doen ontaarden (Dutch), verderben (German), truailligh (Irish), whakatautauhea (Maori), بوزمق (bozmak) (Ottoman Turkish)
    Sense id: en-deprave-en-verb-~jAcHRKW Disambiguation of 'To make bad or worse': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: depravement, depravingly Related terms: depravation, depraved, depravedness, depravity

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile"
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      "sense": "To speak ill of",
      "word": "kwaad spreken"
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      "sense": "To speak ill of",
      "word": "bekladden"
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      "sense": "To speak ill of",
      "word": "depravare"
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      "roman": "razvaljam",
      "sense": "To make bad or worse",
      "word": "развалям"
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      "sense": "To make bad or worse",
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      "sense": "To make bad or worse",
      "word": "slecht maken"
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      "sense": "To make bad or worse",
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      "sense": "To make bad or worse",
      "word": "truailligh"
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      "sense": "To make bad or worse",
      "word": "whakatautauhea"
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