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English
Etymology
From pervert + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
perverter (plural perverters)
- Someone or something that perverts.
a perverter of the justice system
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: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
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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pervertere.
Pronunciation
Verb
perverter (first-person singular present perverto, first-person singular preterite perverti, past participle pervertido)
- (transitive) to pervert, to deprave
- (transitive) to perturb, to disturb
- (reflexive) to become perverted or depraved
- (reflexive) to become perturbed or disturbed
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