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.
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
As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. Helen Keller
How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words! Samuel Adams
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
If you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert and a drug addict, all it means is that you've read his autobiography. P. J. O'Rourke
