Definitions for pervert
pərˈvɜrt; ˈpɜr vərtper·vert

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. pervert, deviant, deviate, degenerateverb

   a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

2. corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirectverb

   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"

3. twist, twist around, pervert, convolute, sophisticateverb

   practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

   "Don't twist my words"

4. pervert, misuse, abuseverb

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pervertnoun

   One who has been perverted; one who has turned to error; one who has turned to a twisted sense of values or morals.

2. pervertnoun

   A sexually perverted person.

3. pervertverb

   To turn another way; to divert.

4. pervertverb

   To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt

5. pervertverb

   To misapply; to misinterpret designedly.

   pervert one's words

6. pervertverb

   To become perverted; to take the wrong course.

7. Etymology: From pervertir, itself from the perverto

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To PERVERTverb

   Etymology: perverto, Lat. pervertir, Fr.

   1. To distort from the true end or purpose.

   Instead of good they may work ill, and pervert justice to extreme injustice. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of justice in a province, marvel not. Ecclus. v. 8.

   If then his providence
   Out of our evil seek to bring forth good,
   Our labour must be to pervert that end,
   And out of good still to find means of evil. John Milton.

   He has perverted my meaning by his glosses; and interpreted my words into blasphemy, of which they were not guilty. Dryden.

   Porphyry has wrote a volume to explain this cave of the nymphs with more piety than judgment; and another person has perverted it into obscenity; and both allegorically. William Broome.

   2. To corrupt; to turn from the right; opposed to convert, which is to turn from the wrong to the right.

   The heinous and despiteful act
   Of Satan, done in Paradise, and how
   He in the serpent had perverted Eve,
   Her husband she, to taste the fatal fruit,
   Was known in heav’n. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pervertverb

   to turnanother way; to divert

2. Pervertverb

   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

3. Pervertverb

   to become perverted; to take the wrong course

4. Pervertnoun

   one who has been perverted; one who has turned to error, especially in religion; -- opposed to convert. See the Synonym of Convert

5. Etymology: [F. pervertir, L. pervertere, perversum; per + vertere to turn. See Per-, and Verse.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pervert

   per-vėrt′, 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. [Fr. pervertir—L. pervertĕre—per, thoroughly, vertĕre, versum, to turn.]

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   The numerical value of pervert in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

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   The numerical value of pervert in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of pervert in a Sentence

1. Carol Swain:

   What BLM has done is pervert the criminal justice system by engaging in activities that have resulted in a growing trend of trials by media, bLM has intimidated juries and judges. Its leaders have no interest in due process or the presumption of innocence.

2. Denis Diderot:

   It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

3. Rose Dickinson:

   The government's plans pervert the planning process and could make England's landscape a wild west for whatever cowboy wants to start drilling and digging up our countryside.

4. Amanda Bouldin:

   No disrespect, but your nipple would be the last one I would want to see ... You want to turn our family beach's into a pervert show.

5. Chuck Todd:

   So my concern on that is as you do this over time, you continue to pervert the news cycle, right? let's take this so-called controversy over critical race theory. And I say ‘so-called controversy’ because it's sort of – it's a creation… It's a faux controversy that's being ginned up. And I guess it just gets attention. It keeps people watching or it keeps people clicking or, you know, all of that. That's the concern.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pervert
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pervert
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pervert
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pervert
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pervert