different between depravation vs deprave

English

Etymology

From Middle French dépravation, from Latin d?pr?v?ti? (“perversion, distortion, corruption, depravity”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?p.???ve?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

depravation (countable and uncountable, plural depravations)

1. Detraction; depreciation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. The act of depraving, or making anything bad; the act of corrupting.
3. The state of being depraved or degenerated; degeneracy; depravity.
4. Change for the worse; deterioration; morbid perversion.

Usage notes

• Distinguish from deprivation.

Synonyms

• depravity

Danish

Noun

depravation c (singular definite depravationen, not used in plural form)

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Declension

Further reading

• “depravation” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin d?pr?v?re (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??p?e?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Verb

deprave (third-person singular simple present depraves, present participle depraving, simple past and past participle depraved)

1. (transitive) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
2. (transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt

Related terms

• depravation
• depraved
• depravedness
• depravity

Translations

Further reading

• deprave in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deprave in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• deprave at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• pervade, repaved

Spanish

Verb

deprave

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of depravar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of depravar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of depravar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of depravar.