| 释义 |
de·prave
\də̇ˈprāv, dēˈ-\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English depraven, from Middle French depraver to calumniate, pervert, from Latin depravare to pervert, distort, from de- + -pravare (from pravus crooked, wrong, bad) — more at prairie
1. : to speak ill of : depreciate, malign
2. : to make bad
< things that would deprave the judgment rather than make it more discriminating >
as
a. obsolete : to pervert the meaning of by misconstruing
b. archaic : to make (a word or a text) corrupt
c. : to bring about the moral debasement of
d. obsolete : to reduce (coinage) in value
3. [by alteration] obsolete : deprive
Synonyms: see debase |