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Webster 1913 Edition
Pervert
Per-vert′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Perverted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Perverting
.] 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 wordsDryden.
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.
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.
Definition 2024
pervert
pervert
English
Noun
pervert (plural perverts)
- (dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.
- A person whose sexual habits are not considered acceptable.
- Those perverts were trying to spy on us while we changed clothes!
Usage notes
- In contemporary usage, pervert is usually understood to refer to a sexually perverted person. Traditionally the word was mainly associated with persons of false religious beliefs.
Synonyms
- (sexually perverted person): perv (slang)
Antonyms
- convert (religious)
Translations
one who has turned to error
sexually perverted person
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Verb
pervert (third-person singular simple present perverts, present participle perverting, simple past and past participle perverted)
- (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.
- Shakespeare
- Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
- Shakespeare
- (transitive) To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt.
- Milton
- He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve.
- 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman:
- A spokesman for Lothian and Borders Police said: "We can confirm that a 15-year-old boy has been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of Jodi Jones. A 45-year-old has also been arrested in connection with allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice. A report on this has been sent to the procurator fiscal."
- Milton
- To misapply; to misinterpret designedly.
- pervert one's words
- (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Testament of Love to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (turn another way): divert, steer, veer
- (turn from truth; lead astray): corrupt, lead astray
- (misapply, misinterpret designedly): misapply, misuse
- (take the wrong course):
Translations
to turn another way
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to turn from truth
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to misinterpret designedly
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to take the wrong course
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Related terms
Icelandic
Etymology
From the Latin verb pervertere "to overturn" or "to subvert".
Noun
pervert f
- a pervert
Synonyms
- perri m
- öfuggi m