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   deprave

   /dɪˈpreɪv/

   verb

   • 1. make (someone) immoral or wicked: "this book would deprave and corrupt young children"

   Word 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’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. depravation noun

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