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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEBAUCH', v.t. [The general sense of debauch, in English, is to lead astray, like seduce.]
1. To corrupt or vitiate; as, to debauch a prince or a youth; to debauch good principles.
2. To corrupt with lewdness; as, to debauch a woman.
3. To seduce from duty or allegiance; as, to debauch an army.
DEBAUCH', n. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; gluttony; lewdness.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry] v
1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]

Merriam Webster's

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 seduce from chastity 2. a. to lead away from virtue or excellence b. to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality Synonyms: see debase • debaucher noun II. noun Date: 1603 1. an act or occasion of debauchery 2. orgy

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.tr. 1 corrupt morally. 2 make intemperate or sensually indulgent. 3 deprave or debase (taste or judgement). 4 (as debauched adj.) dissolute. 5 seduce (a woman). --n. 1 a bout of sensual indulgence. 2 debauchery. Derivatives: debaucher n. Etymology: F débauche(r), OF desbaucher, of unkn. orig.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Debauch De*bauch", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debauched; p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching.] [F. d['e]baucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. d['e]- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. b[=a]lkr. See Balk, n.] To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. Learning not debauched by ambition. --Burke. A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. --South. Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. --Cowley.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Debauch De*bauch", n. [Cf. F. d['e]bauche.] 1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. The first physicians by debauch were made. --Dryden. 2. An act or occasion of debauchery. Silenus, from his night's debauch, Fatigued and sick. --Cowley.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Corrupt, vitiate, deprave, pollute. 2. Seduce, corrupt (to lewdness), deflour, rob or spoil of virginity. II. n. 1. Debauchery, excess, intemperance, dissipation, dissoluteness, licentiousness, lewdness, lust or gluttony. 2. Potation, compotation, revels, revelry, orgies, bacchanals, saturnalia, carousal, drinkingbout, drunken frolic, spree (colloq.). 3. Orgy, indulgence in lust, wantoning, excesses, bestial indulgence.

Moby Thesaurus

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