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Pronunciation : De*bauch"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. d?baucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. d?- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. balkr. See Balk, n.]
Definition : Defn: 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. 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.

t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debauched; p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : De*bauch"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. d?bauche.]
Definition : 1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden.

2. An act or occasion of debauchery. Silenus, from his night's debauch, Fatigued and sick. Cowley.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913