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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
debauch \debauch"\, v. t.  i. imp.  p. p. debauched; p.
   pr.  vb. n. debauching. f. d'ebaucher, 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=alkr.
   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.
   1913 webster

         learning not debauched by ambition.      --burke.
   1913 webster

         a man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched
         and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin.
                                                  --south.
   1913 webster

         her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes.
                                                  --cowley.
   1913 webster
see also:
debauched debauching balk 

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