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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Per·vert v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Perverting.]
 1. To turn another way; to divert. [Obs.]
    Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.   --Shak.
 2. To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt; also, to misapply; to misinterpret intentionally; as, to pervert one's words.
    He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve.   --Milton.