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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERVERT'ING, ppr. Turning from right to wrong; distorting; misinterpreting; misapplying; corrupting.
[Pervert, when used of persons, usually implies evil design.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pervert Per*vert", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Perverting.] [F. pervertir, L. pervertere, perversum; per + vertere to turn. See Per-, and Verse.] 1. To turnanother 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 designedly; as, to pervert one's words. --Dryden. He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. --Milton.