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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deprave \De*prave"\ (d[-e]*pr[=a]v"), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Depraved} (d[-e]*pr[=a]vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Depraving}.] [L. depravare, depravatum; de- + pravus crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked.]
1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.]
And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. --Piers Plowman.
2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
Whose pride depraves each other better part. --Spenser.
Syn: To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deprave
verb: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: {corrupt}, {pervert}, {subvert}, {demoralize}, {demoralise}, {debauch}, {debase}, {profane}, {vitiate}, {misdirect}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "deprave": abuse, adulterate, afflict, aggrieve, alloy, bastardize, befoul, bewitch, blight, brutalize, canker, cheapen, coarsen, condemn, confound, contaminate, corrupt, crucify, curse, damage, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, demoralize, denature, desecrate, despoil, destroy, devalue, disadvantage, disserve, distort, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do wrong, do wrong by, doom, envenom, get into trouble, harass, harm, hex, hurt, impair, infect, injure, jinx, maltreat, menace, mistreat, misuse, molest, outrage, persecute, pervert, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, prostitute, ravage, ravish, savage, scathe, taint, threaten, torment, torture, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, wound, wreak havoc on, wrong
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