PERVERT', L. perverto per and verto, to turn.
1. To turn from truth, propriety, or from its proper purpose to distort from its true use or end as, to pervert reason by misdirecting it to pervert the laws by misinterpreting and misapplying them to pervert justice to pervert the meaning of an author to pervert nature to pervert truth.
2. To turn from the right to corrupt.
He in the serpent had perverted Eve.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
Read More