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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DEPRAVE

From Latin dēprāvāre to distort, corrupt, from de- + prāvus crooked.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DEPRAVE

deprave  [dɪˈpreɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEPRAVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deprave is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb deprave in English.

WHAT DOES DEPRAVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of deprave in the English dictionary

The definition of deprave in the dictionary is to make morally bad; corrupt; vitiate. Other definition of deprave is to defame; slander.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DEPRAVE

PRESENT

Present
I deprave
you deprave
he/she/it depraves
we deprave
you deprave
they deprave
Present continuous
I am depraving
you are depraving
he/she/it is depraving
we are depraving
you are depraving
they are depraving
Present perfect
I have depraved
you have depraved
he/she/it has depraved
we have depraved
you have depraved
they have depraved
Present perfect continuous
I have been depraving
you have been depraving
he/she/it has been depraving
we have been depraving
you have been depraving
they have been depraving
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I depraved
you depraved
he/she/it depraved
we depraved
you depraved
they depraved
Past continuous
I was depraving
you were depraving
he/she/it was depraving
we were depraving
you were depraving
they were depraving
Past perfect
I had depraved
you had depraved
he/she/it had depraved
we had depraved
you had depraved
they had depraved
Past perfect continuous
I had been depraving
you had been depraving
he/she/it had been depraving
we had been depraving
you had been depraving
they had been depraving
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will deprave
you will deprave
he/she/it will deprave
we will deprave
you will deprave
they will deprave
Future continuous
I will be depraving
you will be depraving
he/she/it will be depraving
we will be depraving
you will be depraving
they will be depraving
Future perfect
I will have depraved
you will have depraved
he/she/it will have depraved
we will have depraved
you will have depraved
they will have depraved
Future perfect continuous
I will have been depraving
you will have been depraving
he/she/it will have been depraving
we will have been depraving
you will have been depraving
they will have been depraving
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would deprave
you would deprave
he/she/it would deprave
we would deprave
you would deprave
they would deprave
Conditional continuous
I would be depraving
you would be depraving
he/she/it would be depraving
we would be depraving
you would be depraving
they would be depraving
Conditional perfect
I would have deprave
you would have deprave
he/she/it would have deprave
we would have deprave
you would have deprave
they would have deprave
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been depraving
you would have been depraving
he/she/it would have been depraving
we would have been depraving
you would have been depraving
they would have been depraving
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you deprave
we let´s deprave
you deprave
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to deprave
Past participle
depraved
Present Participle
depraving
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEPRAVE


architrave
ˈɑːkɪˌtreɪv
brave
breɪv
burgrave
ˈbɜːɡreɪv
Cosgrave
ˈkɒzɡreɪv
crave
kreɪv
engrave
ɪnˈɡreɪv
grave
ɡreɪv
landgrave
ˈlændˌɡreɪv
margrave
ˈmɑːˌɡreɪv
Musgrave
ˈmʌzɡreɪv
outbrave
ˌaʊtˈbreɪv
outrave
ˌaʊtˈreɪv
Palgrave
ˈpɔːlɡreɪv
palsgrave
ˈpɔːlzɡreɪv
photoengrave
ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪv
rave
reɪv
Redgrave
ˈrɛdˌɡreɪv
thrave
θreɪv
trave
treɪv
waldgrave
ˈwɔːldˌɡreɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEPRAVE

depravation
depraved
depravedly
depravedness
depravement
depraver
depravingly
depravities
depravity
deprecable
deprecate
deprecating
deprecatingly
deprecation
deprecative
deprecatively
deprecator
deprecatorily
deprecatory
depreciable

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEPRAVE

Drave
embrave
from the cradle to the grave
have one foot in the grave
mass grave
one foot in the grave
pauper´s grave
reengrave
the grave
to make someone turn in his grave
war grave

Synonyms and antonyms of deprave in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEPRAVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «deprave» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of deprave

Translation of «deprave» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEPRAVE

Find out the translation of deprave to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of deprave from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deprave» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

deprave
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

depravar
570 millions of speakers

English

deprave
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ख़राब
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إفساد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

развращают
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

depravar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দূষিত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dépraver
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merosot
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verderben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

堕落
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

악화 시킨다는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Deprave
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

suy đồi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒழுக்கம் வழுவச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नाकारणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ayartmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

deprave
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zdeprawować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розбещують
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

corupe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαφθείρω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontaard
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fördärvar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

deprave
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deprave

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPRAVE»

The term «deprave» is normally little used and occupies the 110.955 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEPRAVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «deprave» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «deprave» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deprave

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEPRAVE»

Discover the use of deprave in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deprave and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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To deprave and corrupt: technical reports of the United ...
United States. Commission on Obscenity and Pornography Alan Burns. To Deprave and Corrupt To Deprave and Corrupt Technical Reports of the United States'Commission.
Alan Burns, United States. Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, 1972
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Civil Liberties & Human Rights
Thus, the statute which largely governs this area – the Obscene Publications Act 195980 – takes the stance that in preventing material which may deprave and corrupt, a line must be drawn between erotic literature and the truly obscene on the ...
Helen Fenwick, 2009
3
Children and Youth in America: A Documentary History
Now, gentlemen, I have given you the test; it is not a question whether it would corrupt the morals, tend to deprave your minds or the minds of every person; it is a question whether it tends to deprave the minds of those open to such influences ...
Robert Hamlett Bremner, 1971
4
Law of Obscenity in India, USA & UK
Tendency to 'Deprave and Corrupt' Before we pass on to decide the connotation of the phrase to 'deprave and corrupt', it is made clear that the 'Hicklin-Test' did away with religious nature of the offence of 'obscenity' which used to be ascribed  ...
Inder S. Rana, 1990
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Aspects of Toleration Routledge Library Editions: Political ...
Comparably, we might claim that certain obscene or pornographic material tends to deprave and corrupt, even though it hardly ever does deprave or corrupt anybody, because of the influence of family life, long runs, cold showers and so on.
John Horton, Susan Mendus, 2013
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Law and the Media
Deprave and corrupt In order to convict for obscene publication, the court must be satisfied that the effect of the matter would be to 'tend to deprave and corrupt'. The prosecution is not required to prove the specified effect by reference to any ...
Tom Crone, Philip Alberstat, Tom Cassels, 2002
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The New and Complete Dictionary of the English Language ...: ...
Depraver (s> frcm deprave) One that vitiates, a cor- nrnter. Depra'ving (p- a. from deprave) Corrupting, vitiating, Deprav'ity ir. from deprave) A depraved ttate, corruption, badnefe. Depra'yin (v. t. obfolete) To flander, to defame. Cbaucer ...
John Ash, 1775
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Abhidharmasamuccaya: The Compendium of the Higher Teaching
craving (råga) and repugnance (pratigha), deprave [the mind] with regard to objects (vißaya) and views (d®ß†i). Pride (måna) depraves [the mind] with regard to beings and views. The view of individuality (satkåyad®ß†i), the idea of grasping ...
Asaṅga, 2001
9
Harm and Offence in Media Content: A Review of the Evidence
An article would have no tendency to deprave if it were so revolting that it would put anyone off the kind of depraved activity depicted.28 As stated in section 1(1) of the 1959 Act, an article is only obscene if its effect is such as to tend to deprave  ...
Andrea Millwood Hargrave, Sonia M. Livingstone, 2009
10
The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
Deprava'tion, Deprav'edness, n.s. Deprave'ment, Depra'vity IFr. depraver ; Span, and Portug. dcpravdr ; K Ital. and Lat. depra- rvaref from de and pra- vus, crooked . Tocor- , nipt, , vitiate, calumniate : he who corrupts is a depraver; depravement ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEPRAVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deprave is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Director' of Omagh bomb should stay in jail - even in ill health
To glory in the sickening bloodshed of innocent people, shot for the colour of their skin is so deprave it defies description. Return to top ... «Sunday World, Jul 15»
2
Singapore Teen Sentenced in Blogging Case
... a tendency to deprave and corrupt," the prosecution said in its statement. "Amos Yee crossed those lines with deliberation and calculation. «Nasdaq, Jul 15»
3
Russians Rally in Support of US Teacher Sentenced for Sex With …
"Did she really deprave them? Taint their mentality? Traumatize them for life?" prominent Moscow artist Andrei Bilzho wrote in his blog on Snob ... «The Moscow Times, Jul 15»
4
Sunny Leone's 'Mastizaade' Faces Problems From Censor Board
“The film is only concerned with the exploration of the different parts of the human anatomy, both male and female and is such as to deprave the ... «The Indian Panorama, Jul 15»
5
Did you think selling adult toys was illegal here? Think again!
... and circulation of things as varied as books, pamphlets, posters, or any other object which tend to deprave and corrupt persons is banned. «Daily Bhaskar, Jun 15»
6
Sunny Leone's 'Mastizaade' Faces Rejection From Censor Board …
“The film is only concerned with the exploration of the different parts of the human anatomy, both male and female and is such as to deprave the ... «Movie News Guide, Jun 15»
7
Startups like ImBesharam, ThatsPersonal go into war zone to …
... image is deemed to be obscene if it is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest, or if its effect may tend to deprave and corrupt a person". «ET Retail, Jun 15»
8
Sunny Leone's Mastizaade Declared As Vulgar By The Censor Board
As reported, the Tribunal found Sunny Leone's Mastizaade as vulgar and it will deprave minds of the audience. A notice from the Tribunal says, ... «FilmiBeat, Jun 15»
9
Christie on Charleston shooting: 'Laws can't change this'
... being, would walk into a church and sit there for an hour and pray with people that he intended to murder, it's deprave, it's unthinkable. «PolitickerNJ, Jun 15»
10
An open fitness band
These jobs have augmented incomes in many families, only to deprave millions of people of the benefits of exercise. This has given rise to a ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»

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