deturpate

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deturpate

/ˈdɛtə(ɹ)peɪt/

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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.

verb deturpates · deturpating · deturpated

obsolete, transitive To defile; to disfigure. 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.

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@misc{deturpate_2026,
  title = {deturpate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/deturpate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}