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depraves

depraves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deprave.

Meaning of deprave

Verb

deprave (third-person singular simple present depraves, present participle depraving, simple past and past participle depraved)

  1. (transitive) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
  2. (transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt
    • Interpreting humanity in purely zoological categories, he saw the social community as a form of natural co-operation within the species, distorted or depraved by religious prejudice, while in moral speculation he did not advance beyond the eudaemonistic schema of the Enlightenment.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in...

Questions about depraves

What is depraves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Depraves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deprave.

Words near depraves in the dictionary

  1. depravedness
  2. depravement
  3. depravements
  4. depraver
  5. depravers
  6. depraves
  7. depraving
  8. depravingly
  9. depravities
  10. depravity
  11. deprecable

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