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Definition of Pervert
Pervert

To turnanother way; to divert.

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.

To become perverted; to take the wrong course.

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

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Pervert Quotations

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Abraham Lincoln

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.
Helen Keller

The instant the Government was organized, at the very first Congress, the Northern States evinced a general desire and purpose to use it for their own benefit, and to pervert its powers for sectional advantage, and they have steadily pursued that policy to this day.
Robert Toombs

Avoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
Jean de la Bruyere

Pervert Translations

pervert in German is pervertieren, verdrehen
pervert in Spanish is pervertido

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