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depravement arch.|dɪˈpreɪvmənt|
[f. deprave v. + -ment.]
Depravation, perversion, corruption; † misinterpretation.
1645Milton Tetrach. Pr. Wks. (1847) 212/2 That such an irreligious depravement..may be..solidly refuted, and in the room a better explanation given. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. i. x. 42 That apparitions..are either deceptions of sight, or melancholy depravements of phancy. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 120 Our thoughts do not naturally delight in spiritual things, because of their depravement. 1779Swinburne Trav. Spain xli. (R.), A period..when all arts and sciences were fallen to the lowest ebb of depravement. 1839J. R. Darley Introd. Beaum. & Fl. Wks. I. 35 Is the graziose of Correggio an improvement on the grandiose of Raffael, or a voluptuous depravement of it? |