To turn from duty or right; to pervert, seduce.

figurative. To bend or turn out of the straight course, or from the direct meaning or intention; to pervert, ‘twist’. Obsolete.

transitive. To corrupt or pervert (a person, or a person's mind, soul, etc.); to turn (a person) away from a path or belief regarded as right or…

transitive. gen. To turn aside (a person, the mind, etc.) from right opinion or action; to lead astray; to exercise a harmful influence on; to…

transitive. To cause (something) to turn or change direction. Also in extended use: to divert (something) to a different purpose, nature, etc. Obs…

transitive. To pass or lie across; to cross, traverse. Obsolete.

transitive. To pervert; to turn away from that which is good, right, or true.

spec. To make morally bad; to pervert, debase, or corrupt morally. (The current sense.)

transitive. To make crooked; figurative to pervert.

transitive. To reverse, invert; to overturn; to pervert.

transitive. = deprave, v.