Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pervert \Per*vert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perverted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Perverting}.] [F. pervertir, L. pervertere,
   perversum; per + vertere to turn. See {Per-}, and {Verse}.]
   1. To turnanother way; to divert. [Obs.]

            Let's follow him, and pervert the present wrath.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. To turn from truth, rectitude, or propriety; to divert
      from a right use, end, or way; to lead astray; to corrupt;
      also, to misapply; to misinterpret designedly; as, to
      pervert one's words. --Dryden.

            He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve. --Milton.