| 单词 |
depraver |
| 释义 |
depraver|dɪˈpreɪvə(r)|
Also 7 -our.
[f. deprave v. + -er1.]
One who depraves.
1. One who corrupts, perverts, or debases; a corrupter, perverter.
1557[see depraveress]. 1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 39/2 The deprauers of the ueritie. 1633T. Adams Exp. 2 Peter ii. 1 The devil, that..depraver of all goodness. 1709J. Johnson Clergym. Vade M ii. 247 They that tear, or cut the books of the Old or New Testament..or sell them to Depravers of books..are excommunicated for a year. 1878Dowden Stud. Lit. 34 The great depravers of religion.
†2. One who vilifies or defames; a defamer, traducer. Obs.
1584Whitgift Let. to Burghley, A defender, not a depraver, of the present state and government. a1634Chapman Sonn. xxi, So shall pale Envy famish with her food, And thou spread further by thy vain depravours [rime favours]. 1642Chas. I Sp. 27 Sept. in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. II. 22 Brownists, Anabaptists, and publick Depravers of the Book of Common Prayer. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. ii. 71 Penalties appointed for depravers of the said book, and such as should speak in derogation of anything contained in it. |
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