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Definition of deprave verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

deprave

verb

NAmE//dɪˈpreɪv//

deprave somebody (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they deprave

he / she / it depraves

past simple depraved

-ing form depraving

to make someone morally bad synonym corrupt In my view, this book would deprave young children.

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