- to affect with perversion.
- to lead astray morally.
- to turn away from the right course.
- to lead into mental error or false judgment.
- to turn to an improper use; misapply.
- to misconstrue or misinterpret, especially deliberately; distort: to pervert someone's statement.
- to bring to a less excellent state; vitiate; debase.
- to change to what is unnatural or abnormal.
- to convert or persuade to a religious belief regarded as false or wrong.
- a person who practices sexual perversion.
- a person affected with perversion.
- a person who has been perverted, or turned from what is right, especially to a religious belief regarded as erroneous.
- to use wrongly or badly
- to interpret wrongly or badly; distort
- to lead into deviant or perverted beliefs or behaviour; corrupt
- to debase
- a person who practises sexual perversion
