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    de·prave
    [dəˈprāv]
    verb
    deprave (verb) · depraves (third person present) · depraved (past tense) · depraved (past participle) · depraving (present participle)
    1. make (someone) immoral or wicked:
      "this book would deprave and corrupt young children"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘pervert the meaning or intention of something’): from Old French depraver or Latin depravare, from de- ‘down, thoroughly’ + pravus ‘crooked, perverse’.
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    1. make (someone) immoral or wicked:
      corrupt
      warp
      subvert
      pervert
      debauch
      debase
      degrade
      defile
      sully
      pollute
      poison
      contaminate
      infect
      demoralize
      vitiate
      lead astray
      make degenerate
      Opposite:
      purify
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    What does deprave mean?
    DEPRAVE definition: 1. to make someone depraved 2. to make someone depraved. Learn more.

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    Where did the word deprave come from?
    The earliest known use of the verb deprave is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for deprave is from 1362, in the writing of William Langland, poet. deprave is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēprāvāre.

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    What does utterly depraved mean?
    It connotes someone who is without self-restraint; an animal; wanton and depraved. The painful truth is that the world is indeed utterly depraved. These techniques, we should remember, were not only depraved, immoral, illegal; they were counterproductive.

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    How is the word deprave different from other verbs?
    How is the word deprave different from other verbs like it? Some common synonyms of deprave are corrupt, debase, debauch, pervert, and vitiate. While all these words mean "to cause deterioration or lowering in quality or character," deprave implies moral deterioration by evil thoughts or influences.

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    What is a depraved heart?
    The term "depraved heart" means something more than conduct amounting to a high or unreasonable risk to human life. It made everyone kind of giddy and it felt kind of depraved in a way. It connotes someone who is without self-restraint; an animal; wanton and depraved. The painful truth is that the world is indeed utterly depraved.

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    Deprave means to make morally bad or evil, corrupt, or vitiate. It involves leading someone astray from virtue, ethics, or principles, causing them to turn towards immoral or harmful behaviors.
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    debase, vitiate, deprave, corrupt, debauch, pervert mean to cause deterioration or lowering in quality or character. debase implies a loss of position, worth, value, or dignity. vi…
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    Deprave means to make morally bad or evil, or to corrupt. It is often confused with deprive, which means to withhold something from another. See examples, translations and related …
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    de•prave /dɪˈpreɪv/ v. [ ~ + obj], -praved, -prav•ing. to make evil; corrupt. count]pl. -ties. de•prave (di prāv′ ), v.t., -praved, -prav•ing. corrupt. [ Obs.]to defame. dep•ra•va•…
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    Definition of deprave verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary deprave somebody to make somebody morally bad synonym corrupt In my view this book would deprave young chil…
     
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