<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to affect with perversion.</li><li>to lead astray morally.</li><li>to turn away from the right course.</li><li>to lead into mental error or false judgment.</li><li>to turn to an improper use; misapply.</li><li>to misconstrue or misinterpret, especially deliberately; distort.</li><li>to bring to a less excellent state; vitiate; debase.</li><li>to change to what is unnatural or abnormal.</li><li>to convert or persuade to a religious belief regarded as false or wrong.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a person who practices sexual perversion.</li><li>a person affected with perversion.</li><li>a person who has been perverted, or turned from what is right, especially to a religious belief regarded as erroneous.</li></ul>