[dɪˈpreɪv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make (someone) immoral or wicked
(e.g: this book would deprave and corrupt young children)


Phrases:

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’