DEPRAVE, verb transitive [Latin Crooked, perverse, wicked.] 1. To make bad or worse; to impair good qualities; to make bad qualities worse; to vitiate; to corrupt; as, to deprave manners, morals, government, laws; to deprave the heart, mind, will, understanding, taste, principles, etc. 2. To defame; to vilify.
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