To corrupt or undermine in morals; to destroy or lessen the effect of moral principles on; to render corrupt or untrustworthy in morals, in discipline, in courage, spirit, etc.; to weaken in spirit or efficiency.
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To sour; to imbitter; to irritate.
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To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.
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To make carnal; to debase to carnality.
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A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering.
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To make bitter or sad. See Imbitter.
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To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as…
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Infected. Cf. Enfect.
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Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a dea…
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To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure.
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To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken.
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To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.
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To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.
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To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…
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To mingle and blend, so that different elements can not be distinguished; to confuse.
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Mixed; confounded.
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To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage; as, he was…
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A carnivorous animal of the genus Vulpes, family Canidae, of many species. The European fox (V. vulgaris or V. vulpes), the American red fox (V. fulv…
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To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.
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To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…
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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.
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The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being co…
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The act of corrupting or subverting morals. Especially: The act of corrupting or subverting discipline, courage, hope, etc., or the state of being co…
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Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.
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To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to de…
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To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self b…
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To cast down.
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To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile.
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To press down; to cause to sink; to let fall; to lower; as, to depress the muzzle of a gun; to depress the eyes.
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To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to…
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To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.
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To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.
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To turnanother way; to divert.
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Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, rel…
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To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
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To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exagger…
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