Part 2965

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.</def>

<blockquote>Whose pride <b>depraves</b> each other better part. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To corrupt; vitiate; contaminate; pollute.</syn>

<h1>Depravedly</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*prav"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a depraved manner.</def>

<h1>Depravedness</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*prav"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Depravity.</def>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Depravement</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*prave"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Depravity. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> Milton.</def>

<h1>Depraver</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*prav"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who deprave or corrupts.</def>

<h1>Depravingly</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*prav"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a depraving manner.</def>

<h1>Depravity</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>De*prav"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Deprave</er>: cf. L. <ets>pravitas</ets> crookedness, perverseness.]</ety> <def>The stae of being depraved or corrupted; a vitiated state of moral character; general badness of character; wickedness of mind or heart; absence of religious feeling and principle.</def>

<cs><col>Total depravity</col>. <cd>See <er>Original sin</er>, and <er>Calvinism</er>.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Corruption; vitiation; wickedness; vice; contamination; degeneracy.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Depravity</er>, <er>Depravation</er>, <er>Corruption</er>. <i>Depravilty</i> is a vitiated state of mind or feeling; as, the <i>depravity</i> of the human heart; <i>depravity</i> of public morals. <i>Depravation</i> points to the act or process of <i>making</i> depraved, and hence to the end thus reached; as, a gradual <i>depravation</i> of principle; a <i>depravation</i> of manners, of the heart, etc. <i>Corruption</i> is the only one of these words which applies to physical substances, and in reference to these denotes the process by which their component parts are dissolved. Hence, when figuratively used, it denotes an utter vitiation of principle or feeling. <i>Depravity</i> applies only to the mind and heart: we can speak of a <i>depraved</i> taste, or a <i>corrupt</i> taste; in the first we introduce the notion that there has been the influence of bad training to pervert; in the second, that there is a want of true principle to pervert; in the second, that there is a want of true principles to decide. The other two words have a wider use: we can speak of the <i>depravation</i> or the <i>corruption</i> of taste and public sentiment. <i>Depravity</i> is more or less open; corruption is more or less disguised in its operations. What is <i>depraved</i> requires to be reformed; what is <i>corrupt</i> requires to be purified.</usage>

<h1>Deprecable</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep"re*ca*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deprecabilis</ets> exorable.]</ety> <def>That may or should be deprecated.</def>

<i>Paley.</i>

<h1>Deprecate</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep"re*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Deprecated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Deprecating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>deprecatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>deprecari</ets> to avert by player, to deprecate; <ets>de-</ets> + <ets>precari</ets> to pray. See <er>Pray</er>.]</ety> <def>To pray against, as an evil; to seek to avert by player; to desire the removal of; to seek deliverance from; to express deep regret for; to disapprove of strongly.</def>

<blockquote>His purpose was <b>deprecated</b> by all round him, and he was with difficulty induced to adandon it. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deprecating</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep"re*ca`ting</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a deprecating manner.</def>

<h1>Deprecation</h1> <Xpage=394>

<hw>Dep`re*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deprecatio</ets>; cf. F. <ets>d\'82pr\'82cation</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of deprecating; a praying against evil; prayer that an evil may be removed or prevented; strong expression of disapprobation.</def>