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Thereupon the little citizen retraced his steps, in order to see the lover of the female standard-bearer, that depraved creature who had been mentioned in the "Gazette."Alors le petit bourgeois revint sur ses pas, pour mieux voir l’amant de la femme au drapeau, de cette créature dont avait parlé la Gazette.Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des RougonLa Fortune des RougonZola, EmileThe Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile© 2006 BiblioBazaar
We thought that France was depraved and had lost her sense of national solidarity; but now we know that the French are formidable adversaries.Nous pensions que la France était corrompue et qu'elle avait perdu le sens de la solidarité nationale, et nous constatons maintenant que les Français sont des adversaires formidables.Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneEnseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenneLe Bon, Gustave© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
"But so depraved a child, – are you not afraid she will teach her some mischief?"– Mais une petite fille si dépravée! – n’avez-vous pas peur qu’elle ne lui enseigne quelques méchancetés?Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
A novel had just been published, he said, which had aroused his utmost indignation. It was a work of the most depraved kind, which, while claiming to portray the exact truth, dragged the reader through all the wild fancies of an hysterical woman.'Il venait de paraître un roman, surtout, qui l'indignait: une oeuvre de l'imagination la plus dépravée, affectant un souci de la vérité exacte, traînant le lecteur dans les débordements d'une femme hystérique.Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene RougonSon Excellence Eugene RougonZola, EmileHis ExcellencyZola, Emile
"But, Cousin, consider that, if you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very fast."– Mais, cousine, réfléchissez que si vous détruisez toute délicatesse, toute pudeur dans une jeune fille, vous la dépravez.Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
You make the public statement that calls for his trade, that debauches and depraves him, till he feels no shame in it; and in what are you better than he?Vous formez l’opinion publique qui l’encourage dans son commerce, qui le corrompt, qui le déprave, jusqu’à ce qu’il n’en rougisse plus. Et vous prétendez valoir mieux que lui!Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle TomLa case de l'oncle TomBeecher Stowe, HarrietUncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet
For example, in the early case of R. v. Hicklin Cockburn C.J. stated that the test for obscenity was whether the material would tend to deprave and corrupt other members of society.Ainsi, le juge en chef Cockburn a dit il y a longtemps, dans l'arrêt R. c. Hicklin que le test servant à établir l'obscénité consistait à déterminer si le matériel tendait à dépraver et à corrompre d'autres membres de la société.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 06.11.2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 06.11.2011
As far back as Hicklin, Cockburn C.J. spoke of using the criminal law to prevent material from depraving and corrupting susceptible people, into whose hands it may fall.Déjà dans Hicklin, le juge en chef Cockburn parlait de recourir au droit criminel pour empêcher que du matériel ne déprave et ne corrompe les personnes vulnérables entre les mains desquelles il pourrait se retrouver.http://www.canlii.org/en/ 06.11.2011http://www.canlii.org/en/ 06.11.2011
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deprave
verb
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Past | depraved |
Imperative | deprave |
Present Participle (Participle I) | depraving |
Past Participle (Participle II) | depraved |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I deprave | we deprave |
you deprave | you deprave |
he/she/it depraves | they deprave |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am depraving | we are depraving |
you are depraving | you are depraving |
he/she/it is depraving | they are depraving |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have depraved | we have depraved |
you have depraved | you have depraved |
he/she/it has depraved | they have depraved |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been depraving | we have been depraving |
you have been depraving | you have been depraving |
he/she/it has been depraving | they have been depraving |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I depraved | we depraved |
you depraved | you depraved |
he/she/it depraved | they depraved |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was depraving | we were depraving |
you were depraving | you were depraving |
he/she/it was depraving | they were depraving |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had depraved | we had depraved |
you had depraved | you had depraved |
he/she/it had depraved | they had depraved |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been depraving | we had been depraving |
you had been depraving | you had been depraving |
he/she/it had been depraving | they had been depraving |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will deprave | we shall/will deprave |
you will deprave | you will deprave |
he/she/it will deprave | they will deprave |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be depraving | we shall/will be depraving |
you will be depraving | you will be depraving |
he/she/it will be depraving | they will be depraving |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have depraved | we shall/will have depraved |
you will have depraved | you will have depraved |
he/she/it will have depraved | they will have depraved |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been depraving | we shall/will have been depraving |
you will have been depraving | you will have been depraving |
he/she/it will have been depraving | they will have been depraving |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would deprave | we should/would deprave |
you would deprave | you would deprave |
he/she/it would deprave | they would deprave |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be depraving | we should/would be depraving |
you would be depraving | you would be depraving |
he/she/it would be depraving | they would be depraving |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have depraved | we should/would have depraved |
you would have depraved | you would have depraved |
he/she/it would have depraved | they would have depraved |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been depraving | we should/would have been depraving |
you would have been depraving | you would have been depraving |
he/she/it would have been depraving | they would have been depraving |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am depraved | we are depraved |
you are depraved | you are depraved |
he/she/it is depraved | they are depraved |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being depraved | we are being depraved |
you are being depraved | you are being depraved |
he/she/it is being depraved | they are being depraved |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been depraved | we have been depraved |
you have been depraved | you have been depraved |
he/she/it has been depraved | they have been depraved |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was depraved | we were depraved |
you were depraved | you were depraved |
he/she/it was depraved | they were depraved |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being depraved | we were being depraved |
you were being depraved | you were being depraved |
he/she/it was being depraved | they were being depraved |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been depraved | we had been depraved |
you had been depraved | you had been depraved |
he/she/it had been depraved | they had been depraved |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be depraved | we shall/will be depraved |
you will be depraved | you will be depraved |
he/she/it will be depraved | they will be depraved |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been depraved | we shall/will have been depraved |
you will have been depraved | you will have been depraved |
he/she/it will have been depraved | they will have been depraved |