deturbate

D2E1T1U1R1B3A1T1E1

verb

To evict; to remove.

OriginLatin dēturbātus →
Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbdeturbate (third-person singular simple present deturbates, present participle deturbating, simple past and past participle deturbated)

present singular third person deturbates · participle present deturbating · participle past deturbated · past deturbated

  1. obsoleteTo evict; to remove.

    And where is now , Master Cope , this your rejecting , expelling , removing , expulsing , exempting , deturbating and thrusting out , of Anatholius , Sother , Dorothea , and other holy saints , out of catalogues , fasts , and calendars?

    1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latindēturbātus
  2. Englishdeturbate

First attested in 1570; Borrowed from Latin dēturbātus, perfect passive participle of dēturbō (“to beat, throw down; to deprive of”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

deturbate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deturbate

MLA

“deturbate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deturbate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deturbate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deturbate.

Source: deturbate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.