pervert
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Is pervert a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (dated) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, or adopted a twisted sense of values or morals.Examples: "And yet it is not only tolerated, but perverts are making to it in England and this country, — perverts among the intelligent and the learned. For these things, which I have quoted, are not accusations made in a corner, but have been published in the face of the world by one of the profoundest theologians of the day, and challenge confutation."; "[…] a religious pervert is ever a doubtful product. One separated from the fellows of his youth and the faith of his fathers, by acceptance of a different religion, is of necessity more or less adrift on the sea of life […]"; "According to the Holy Qur'an, those who cast off God's signs and follow Satan and their caprice are perverts; they are likened to dogs […]"dated
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To turn another way; to divert.Examples: "Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath."Synonyms: divert, steer, veertransitive
2. (transitive) To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impureExamples: "How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?"; "He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve."; "He was a good Proteſtant, but when he fell into the Jeſuits hands, they ſoon perverted him, and made him embrace the Roman Catholick Religion […]"Synonyms: corrupt, lead astraytransitive
3. (intransitive) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.Examples: "After that worde, "better is it to dey than lyve false," and al wolde perverted people false reporte make"intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary