preposterate

preposterate (third-person singular simple present preposterates, present participle preposterating, simple past and past participle preposterated)

1. (obsolete) To reverse or turn upside down.

   Synonyms: flip over, invert

2. (obsolete) To pervert or disgrace.

   Synonyms: corrupt, sophisticate, warp; see also Thesaurus:pervert

   I never saw thinge done by you which preposterated or perverted the good judgment that all the world esteemeth to shine in you.

• A Glossary Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, Etc. : which Have Been Thought to Require Illustration in the Works of English Authors, Particularly Shakespeare and His Contemporaries · Volume 2, J.R. Smith, 1876

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “preposterate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.