Pervert

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pervert \Per*vert"\, v. i.
     To become perverted; to take the wrong course. [R.]
     --Testament of Love.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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