J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"

pervert

Definition of pervert (v)

1a: to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : CORRUPT
b: to cause to turn aside or away from what is generally done or accepted : MISDIRECT
2a: to divert to a wrong end or purpose : MISUSE
b: to twist the meaning or sense of : MISINTERPRET

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