deprave

/dɪˈpɹeɪv/

deprave

English Verb
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Definition

To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile

Etymology

From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”).

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