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deturpate

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈdɛtə(ɹ)peɪt/

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verb

Meaning 1

To defile; to disfigure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

Qualifier: usually religious

Examples

  • 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery Such as that which is to be seen in Burchards, and such which are too largely described in Sanchez; which thing does not only deturpate all honest and modest conversation, but it teaches men to understand more sins then ever they knew of.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin dēturpātus, perfect passive participle of dēturpō (“to defile”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + turpō (“to make ugly, defile”), from turpis (“ugly, foul”) + -ō.