De*bauch" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debauched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching.] [F. d'ebaucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. d'e- (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.]
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.
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De*bauch", n. [Cf. F. d'ebauche.]
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.
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