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pervertere [CL] 1 to turn about, to reverse (in order, position, or sim.). patet ‥ quod ‥ diem Paschae ordine perverso ‥ conpleant (Ceolfrith) Bede HE V 21 p. 338; incantare contra illum ‥ psalmum quatinus a fine ad caput, ab ultimo versu ad primum ~endo eum V. Kenelmi 16. 2 to deform. Altercatio 55 (v. jortus); immersi carnibus pedum articuli a lumbis ejus et deorsum corpus omne ~erant Ailr. Ed. Conf. 754B. 3 to divert. 1378 de communi cursu aque que deberent [sic] currere per medium strati usque Skirn et modo ~itur per pred’ Will’ Hal. Durh. 147. 4 to turn or transform completely into (w. in & acc.). homo non solum se commutat in bestiam sed etiam se ~it in nichilum T. Chobham Praed. 147. 5 to turn over in the mind so as to understand. ea que dixit ~imus, sed iterum quid in spiritu loqueretur advertere non potuimus R. Cold. Godr. 285 p. 303. 6 to cause (animal) to move all over, to drive off its course. non debet equo parcere qui vult cervum pervertere. ne sceall se for horse murnam se þe wile heort ofærnam Prov. Durh. 41. 7 to turn (non-material thing) from proper order or application, to pervert, distort. b to twist the truth by saying (that), to maintain wrongly (that). tantum obsecro ne ~at nostram interpretationem Ælf. CH I pref. 3; illa [jumenta] ‥ ad quod creata sunt vivunt et jura nature non ~unt Ailr. Serm. 28. 29; constat quod utroque modo peccat, sive ~at formam misse sive indigne conficiat et sumat corpus Christi T. Chobham Praed. 66; s1234 legem terre ‥ et justitiam confundunt et ~unt M. Par. Maj. III 270; quod ea que geruntur justissime malignorum obloquiis ~untur R. Bury Phil. 18. 229; male eorum propositum ~entes Plusc. IX 28 p. 269. b nec ~at aliquis hoc locum non habere Ric. Angl. Summa 41 p. 109. 8 to pervert (person) morally, to corrupt. nec tamen insontem posset pervertere fallax Aldh. VirgV 1851; quid putas illum mereri poenarum qui vel perverse agendo vel alios ~endo pessimos fructos adtulit? Bede Ep. Cath. 127; s1234 quod apparet in marescallo ‥ quem per mendacia interseminata a vobis elongantes ~erunt M. Par. Maj. III 269. 9 (p ppl. perversus as adj.) perverse, wicked, corrupt: a (of person); b (of act or abstr.); c (as sb. m.) perverse or wicked person,; d (as sb. n. pl.) wicked things or deeds. a ~i doctores ‥ semper tumidi, tenebrosi, et amari Bede Ep. Cath. 127D; si quis tam credulus et tam ~us erit qui hanc cartam infringere conaverit CS 995; mali et ~i clerici Anselm (Ep. 32) V 258; homo ‥ pejor et ~ior bestia Lucian Chester 57. b hanc ‥ quae, ~a licet mente, vera tamen loquebatur arte solummodo nefaria privare curavit Bede Acts 978; multi caritatem non habentes et unitatem ecclesiae ~o dogmate scindentes Id. Ep. Cath. 105; hec ~a et detestabilis consuetudo in Saxonia Asser Alf. 13 p. 12; ~issimum intellectum omnium errorum ‥ explicans et declarans Ockham Pol. III 205. c fortitudo ad tolerandam perversorum improbitatem Bede Prov. 1037; ~us ‥ jure ‥ judicium ‥ Domini pertimescit Id. Hom. I 24. 97 (v. discutere 4b); animadvertentes quod etiam inimicis atque ~is impendenda sit dilectio Ailr. Spir. Amicit. I 59 668; facilius est informare rudes quam reformare ~os Gir. TH I 12 p. 35; in correptione ~orum et laude bonorum Canon. G. Sempr. f. 58v; perturbare ~os Ockham Dial. 678. d hominem ~a loquentem doctores dicit iniquae operationis Bede Prov. 947; inspirante Deo, cordis perversa relinquat Wulf. Swith. pref. 388; 1075 cum multi de te multa ~a dicant ‥ Lanfr. Ep. 58 (37). 10 very well versed (in). Rannulphus quidem nomine ‥ militari ~us in opere Herm. Arch. 37 p. 75.

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