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Webster 1913 Edition

Debauch

De-bauch′

,
Verb.
T.
&
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Debauched
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Debauching
.]
[F.
débaucher
, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref.
dé-
(L.
dis-
or
de
) + OF.
bauche
,
bauge
, hut, cf. F.
bauge
lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel.
bālkr
. See
Balk
,
Noun.
]
To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce;
as, to
debauch
one’s self by intemperance; to
debauch
a woman; to
debauch
an army.
Learning not
debauched
by ambition.
Burke.
A man must have got his conscience thoroughly
debauched
and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin.
South.
Her pride
debauched
her judgment and her eyes.
Cowley.

De-bauch′

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
débauche
.]
1.
Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.
The first physicians by
debauch
were made.
Dryden.
2.
An act or occasion of debauchery.
Silenus, from his night's
debauch
,
Fatigued and sick.
Cowley.

Webster 1828 Edition

Debauch

DEBAUCH'

,
Verb.
T.
[The general sense of debauch, in English, is to lead astray, like seduce.]

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