- deturpate
- To defile or disfigure
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
deturpate
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Deturpate — De*tur pate, v. t. [L. deturpare; de + turpare to make ugly, defile, turpis ugly, foul.] To defile; to disfigure. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
deturpate — verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin deturpatus, past participle of deturpare to disfigure, from de from, away + turpare to disfigure, defile, from turpis ugly, foul, shameful more at de , turpitude transitive verb obsolete … Useful english dictionary
