Pervert
[pə'vɜːt] or [pɚ'vɝt]
Definition
(noun.) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior.
(verb.) change the inherent purpose or function of something; 'Don't abuse the system'; 'The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers'.
Edited by Debra--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To turnanother way; to divert.
(v. t.) 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 designedly; as, to pervert one's words.
(v. i.) To become perverted; to take the wrong course.
(n.) One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert.
Typist: Robinson
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Distort, stretch, falsify, make an ill use of.[2]. Entice, tempt, corrupt.
Typed by Brooke
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Twist, distort, corrupt, falsify, misrepresent,[See REPRESENT_and_TWIST]
Inputed by Andre
Definition
v.t. to turn wrong or from the right course: to change from its true use: to corrupt: to turn from truth or virtue.—v.i. to go wrong or out of the right course.—n. (per′vert) one who has changed from a former position: an apostate.—ns. Perver′sion the act of perverting: a diverting from the true object: a turning from truth or propriety: misapplication; Pervert′er.—adj. Pervert′ible able to be perverted.
Editor: Myra
Examples
- Or rather, they are affected, but in such a way as to pervert them. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- To overlook this fact means to distort and pervert human nature. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When I am gone, they pervert--but they don't mean it--even Maggy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The sovereign himself can never have either interest or inclination to pervert the order of justice, or to oppress the great body of the people. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Mystery; Finessehow they pervert the understanding! Jane Austen. Emma.
- The prodigal perverts it in this manner: By not confining his expense within his income, he encroaches upon his capital. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The two factors of truth in the conception may easily be disentangled from association with the false context which perverts them. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Jarndyce and Jarndyce has warped him out of himself and perverted me in his eyes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The trust is not checked, but it is perverted. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The effervescence of boys on the street, wasted and perverted through neglect or persecution, was drained and applied to fine uses. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They-all's a desecrating us, right here on this here perverted island. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I was much disconcerted, but I reflected that if the main point were gained, it mattered little how strangely he perverted everything leading to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr Rokesmith, it is to me you owe this perverted account of what passed between us that night. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Nor was there anything perverted about it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typed by Jaime