# deprave

> English word · Verb · IPA /dɪˈpɹeɪv/

## Definitions
1. To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
2. To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt

## Etymology
From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin dēprāvāre (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/deprave