Pervert
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Pervert - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
PERVERT', v.t. [L. perverto; per and verto, to turn.]
1. To turn from truth, propriety, or from its proper purpose; to distort from its true use or end; as, to pervert reason by misdirecting it; to pervert the laws by misinterpreting and misapplying them; to pervert justice; to pervert the meaning of an author; to pervert nature; to pervert truth.
2. To turn from the right; to corrupt.
He in the serpent had perverted Eve.
In other dictionaries
Read “Corrupt” in the 11 dictionaries- CorruptEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- CorruptedEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- CorruptionEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- DishonestEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- MaliciousEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- PerverseEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- CorruptionInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- PerverseInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- corrupt, corrupted, corruption, incorruptibility, depravedTranslation Words
- perverse, perversion, pervert, depraved, malicious, devious, dishonest, distortionTranslation Words
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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