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deprave

/dipˈɹeɪv/dee-PRAYV
/dipˈɹeɪv/dee-PRAYV

Meaningdistort or corrupt

Common meaning: corrupt morally

Journey through time

  1. Latindepravare‘distort or corrupt’source
  2. Old Frenchdepraver‘to deprave, mar, viciate’source
  3. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsdistort or corrupt → defamedeprauen‘defame’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsdefame → corrupt morallydeprave‘corrupt morally’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin depravare ‘distort or corrupt’.

Roots

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