debase (verb)
121adulterate — I. transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin adulteratus, past participle of adulterare, from ad + alter other more at else Date: 1531 to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element;… …
122debauch — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle French debaucher, from Old French desbauchier to scatter, disperse, from des de + bauch beam, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German balko beam more at balk Date: 1595 1. a. archaic to make disloyal b. to …
123pervert — I. transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French purvertir, pervertir, from Latin pervertere to overturn, corrupt, pervert, from per thoroughly + vertere to turn more at per , worth Date: 14th century 1. a. to cause to turn aside… …
124prostitute — I. transitive verb ( tuted; tuting) Etymology: Latin prostitutus, past participle of prostituere, from pro before + statuere to station more at pro , statute Date: 1530 1. to offer indiscriminately for sexual intercourse especially for money 2.… …
125William H. Milliken, Jr. — William H. Milliken, Jr. (b. August 19 1897, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania –d. July 4 1969) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Milliken graduated from Drexel Institute in Philadelphia. After graduating he… …
126libel — li·bel 1 / lī bəl/ n [Anglo French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber book] 1: complaint (1) used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a: a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the form of written or printed words; specif: a… …
127debauch — 1. noun a) An act of debauchery. b) An orgy. 2. verb a) to morally corrupt someone; to seduce …
128adulterate — 1. adjective a) Tending to commit adultery. Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, b) Corrupted; impure; adulterated. With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts 2 …
