Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pervert
Participle: perverted
Gerund: perverting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pervert |
| you | pervert |
| he;she;it | perverts |
| we | pervert |
| you | pervert |
| they | pervert |
Perfect
| I | have perverted |
| you | have perverted |
| he;she;it | has perverted |
| we | have perverted |
| you | have perverted |
| they | have perverted |
Past
| I | perverted |
| you | perverted |
| he;she;it | perverted |
| we | perverted |
| you | perverted |
| they | perverted |
Pluperfect
| I | had perverted |
| you | had perverted |
| he;she;it | had perverted |
| we | had perverted |
| you | had perverted |
| they | had perverted |
Future
| I | will pervert |
| you | will pervert |
| he;she;it | will pervert |
| we | will pervert |
| you | will pervert |
| they | will pervert |
Future Perfect
| I | will have perverted |
| you | will have perverted |
| he;she;it | will have perverted |
| we | will have perverted |
| you | will have perverted |
| they | will have perverted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pervert |
| you | pervert |
| he;she;it | pervert |
| we | pervert |
| you | pervert |
| they | pervert |
Perfect
| I | have perverted |
| you | have perverted |
| he;she;it | have perverted |
| we | have perverted |
| you | have perverted |
| they | have perverted |
Imperfect
| I | perverted |
| you | perverted |
| he;she;it | perverted |
| we | perverted |
| you | perverted |
| they | perverted |
Pluperfect
| I | had perverted |
| you | had perverted |
| he;she;it | had perverted |
| we | had perverted |
| you | had perverted |
| they | had perverted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pervert |
| you | would pervert |
| he;she;it | would pervert |
| we | would pervert |
| you | would pervert |
| they | would pervert |
Perfect
| I | would have perverted |
| you | would have perverted |
| he;she;it | would have perverted |
| we | would have perverted |
| you | would have perverted |
| they | would have perverted |
Imperative
| you | pervert |
| we | Let's pervert |
| you | pervert |
Verbs conjugated like 'pervert'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pervert'
evert,
perfect,
perve,
revert,
unpervert,
advert,
avert,
bever,
convert,
culvert,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- corrupt
- demoralize, deprave, seduce, subvert, tempt, allure, entice
- distort
- misconstrue, delude, warp, misinterpret, misrepresent, falsify, bias, color
Antonyms
- corrupt
- uncorrupt, honest, pure, undefiled
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300 (trans.), "to turn someone aside from a right religious belief to a false or erroneous one," from O.Fr.
pervertir, from L.
pervertere "corrupt, turn the wrong way, turn about," from
per- "away" +
vertere "to turn" (see versus). The noun is 1661, from the verb. Replaced native
froward, which embodies the same image. The noun is attested from 1661, "one who has forsaken a doctrine or system regarded as true, apostate;" psychological sense of "one who has a perversion of the sexual instinct" is attested from 1897 (Havelock Ellis), originally esp. of homosexuals.
Perv, short for
sexual pervert (n.), is first recorded 1944.
2. From Old French pervertir, itself from the Latin pervertō. See: Old French '
pervertir', Latin '
pervertō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] to follow. Let that poor hand of hers lie gently on your hearts; for there may be something in its healing touch akin to that of the Great Master whose precepts you misconstrue, whose lessons you pervert, of whose charity and sympathy with all the world, not one among you in his daily practice knows as much as many of the worst among those fallen sinners, to whom you are liberal in nothing but the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the great interests of humanity, is a constant benefactor to the human race. See, then, to your sympathies in this matter ! Are they in harmony with the sympathies of Christ ? or are they swayed and perverted by the sophistries of worldly policy ?
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)