■ verb pə'və:t
1》 alter from its original meaning or state to a corruption of what was first intended.
2》 lead away from what is right, natural, or acceptable.
■ noun 'pə:və:t a person with abnormal or unacceptable sexual behaviour.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. ~ir , from L. ~ere , from per- 'thoroughly, to ill effect' + vertere 'to turn'.