To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile. [Obs.] And thou knowest, conscience, I came not to chide Nor deprave thy person with a proud heart. Piers Plowman.
To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt. Whose pride depraves each other better part. Spenser.
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