perverter

English

Etymology

pervert + -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈvɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/

Noun

perverter (plural perverters)

  1. One who perverts (a person or thing).
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: [] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, [], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:
      a child finds his own parents his perverters
    • 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church
      a perverter of his law

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for perverter in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pervertere.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peʁ.veʁˈte(ʁ)/ [peɦ.vehˈte(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /peɾ.veɾˈte(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peʁ.veʁˈte(ʁ)/ [peʁ.veχˈte(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peɻ.veɻˈte(ɻ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨɾ.vɨɾˈteɾ/

Verb

perverter (first-person singular present perverto, first-person singular preterite perverti, past participle pervertido)

  1. (transitive) to pervert, to deprave
  2. (transitive) to perturb, to disturb
  3. (reflexive) to become perverted or depraved
  4. (reflexive) to become perturbed or disturbed

Conjugation

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