Pervert \Per*vert"\, v. i.
To become perverted; to take the wrong course. [R.]
--Testament of Love.
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Pervert \Per"vert\, n.
One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error,
especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the
Synonym of Convert.
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That notorious pervert, Henry of Navarre. --Thackeray.
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Pervert \Per*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perverted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Perverting.] [F. pervertir, L. pervertere,
perversum; per + vertere to turn. See Per-, and Verse.]
1. To turn another way; to divert. [Obs.]
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Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
--Shak.
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2. To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert
from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt;
also, to misapply; to misinterpret intentionally; as, to
pervert one's words. --Dryden.
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He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. --Milton.
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pervert
n : a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable
especially in sexual behavior [syn: deviant, deviate,
degenerate]
v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch
the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was
accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors
subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt,
subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase,
profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
2: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about
in order to mislead or deceive [syn: twist, twist
around, convolute, sophisticate]
3: change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't
abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused
the funds intended for the health care of his workers"
[syn: misuse, abuse]
WordNet (r) 2.0
165 Moby Thesaurus words for "pervert":
abuse, adulterate, alloy, argue insincerely, backslider, bad egg,
bad lot, bastardize, befoul, belie, bias, black sheep, brutalize,
burlesque, camouflage, canker, caricature, cheapen, coarsen, color,
confound, contaminate, contort, convert, corrupt, debase, debauch,
debauchee, defalcate, defile, deflect, deflower, degenerate,
degrade, demoralize, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil,
devalue, deviant, deviate, disguise, distort, divert, dress up,
embellish, embezzle, embroider, exaggerate, fallen angel, falsify,
foul, fudge, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gild, gloss,
gloss over, ill-treat, infect, lead astray, lecher, lost sheep,
lost soul, maladminister, maltreat, mask, misadvise, misapply,
misapprehend, misappropriate, miscite, miscolor, misconceive,
misconstrue, miscreant, misdeem, misdirect, miseducate, misemploy,
misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misguide, mishandle,
misinform, misinstruct, misinterpret, misjudge, mislead, mismanage,
misquote, misread, misrender, misreport, misrepresent, misstate,
mistake, misteach, mistranslate, mistreat, misunderstand, misuse,
mystify, obfuscate, obscure, outrage, overdraw, overstate,
paralogize, parody, peculate, pilfer, pimp, poison, pollute,
profane, profligate, prostitute, rationalize, ravage, ravish,
reason ill, recidivist, recreant, reprobate, ruin, scapegrace,
seduce, sex criminal, sex fiend, sexual deviant, sexual deviate,
sexual pervert, sexual psychopath, sidetrack, slant, sorry lot,
squeeze, strain, strain the sense, subvert, taint, titivate,
torture, travesty, trick out, trollop, turn aside, turn away,
twist, twist the words, ulcerate, understate, varnish, violate,
vitiate, vulgarize, warp, weirdo, whitewash, whore, wrench
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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