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Added 9 October 2026

deprave

/dɪˈpɹeɪv/ verb

Latin root: dēprāvāre Wiktionary

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To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt

Origin

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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