See Also: pervert(medicine)
pervert(1)(dictionary)
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pervert(dictionary)
pervert 1, verb(dictionary)
pervert 2, noun(dictionary)

pervert (iou)



pervert verb. LME.
[Old French pervertir or Latin pervertere turn round or the wrong way, overturn, ruin, corrupt, formed as PER-1 + vertere turn.]
I. verb trans.
Turn upside down; upset, overthrow; ruin. LME-M17.
Divert from the proper course, use, aim, etc.; misuse, misapply; wilfully misconstrue. LME.
spec. Turn (a person, the mind, etc.) away from right belief, opinion, or action; lead astray; corrupt. LME.
Turn aside, deflect. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
II. verb intrans.
Deviate from the right path; apostatize. LME.
perversive adjective (a) rare tending to turn awry or distort; (b) having the character or quality of perverting someone or something in nature, character, or use: L17.
perverted adjective (a) that has been perverted; (b) exhibiting or practising perversion: LME.
pervertedly adverb E19.
pervertedness noun E19.
perverter noun L15.
pervertible adjective L15.