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pervertere
Latin · ancient
"to turn completely around, to overturn"
to turn completely around, to overturn, from per- (thoroughly) and vertere (to turn)
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pervert
English · 1300s
"to turn something away from its proper use or meaning"
settled as the English word for turning something away from its proper use or meaning
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