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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Debauch

De-bauch', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DEBAUCHED (de-bawcht'); p. pr. & vb. n. DEBAUCHING.] [Fr. débaucher, originally to entice away from the workshop, from O. Fr. bauche, bauge, a lair of a wild boar, and a workshop.] To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to vitiate; to pollute; to lead astray; 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.

To debauch a king to break his laws. Dryden.

De-bauch', n.

noun

n. [Fr. débauche. See supra.] 1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; gluttony; lewdness; debauchery. The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden. 2. An act or occasion of debauchery. Silēnus, from his night's debauch, Fatigued and sick. Cowley.