deturpate
English
Etymology
Latindeturpare; de + turpare (“to make ugly, defile”), turpis (“ugly, foul”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛtə(ɹ)peɪt/
Verb
deturpate (third-person singular simple present deturpates, present participle deturpating, simple past and past participle 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.
- 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for deturpate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Italian
Verb
deturpate
- inflection of deturpare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
deturpate f pl
- feminine plural of deturpato
Latin
Verb
dēturpāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of dēturpō