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Webster 1913 Edition

Pervert

Per-vert′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Perverted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Perverting
.]
[F.
pervertir
, L.
pervertere
,
perversum
;
per
+
vertere
to turn. See
Per-
, and
Verse
.]
1.
To turn another way; to divert.
[Obs.]
Let’s follow him, and
pervert
the present wrath.
Shakespeare
2.
To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret intentionally;
as, to
pervert
one's words
.
Dryden.
He, in the serpent, had
perverted
Eve.
Milton.

Per-vert′

,
Verb.
I.
To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
[R.]
Testament of Love.

Per′vert

,
Noun.
One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; – opposed to
convert
. See the Synonym of
Convert
.
That notorious
pervert
, Henry of Navarre.
Thackeray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pervert

PERVERT'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. perverto; per and verto, to turn.]
1.
To turn from truth, propriety, or from its proper purpose; to distort from its true use or end; as, to pervert reason by misdirecting it; to pervert the laws by misinterpreting and misapplying them; to pervert justice; to pervert the meaning of an author; to pervert nature; to pervert truth.
2.
To turn from the right; to corrupt.
He in the serpent had perverted Eve.

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