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perversive, a.|pəˈvɜːsɪv|
[f. L. pervers-, ppl. stem of pervertĕre to pervert + -ive.]
†1. Having the quality or tendency of turning awry or distorting. Obs. rare.
a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xxxi. 256 A perversive Wriness and Convulsion of the Muscles.
2. Having the character or quality of perverting in nature, character, or use.
1817G. S. Faber Eight Dissert. (1845) I. 73 A Scheme of Pseudo-Theology characterised by inculcating a series of perversive and usurpative Messiahships. 1818in Todd. 1824Landor Imag. Conv. xxi. Wks. 1846 I. 126 An institution perversive of those on which the government of America is constructed. 1862Lytton Str. Story 171 Discourteously perversive of the obvious intention of the quotation. |