deturpate

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/ˈdɛtə(ɹ)peɪt/

verb

To defile; to disfigure.

OriginLatin dēturpātus →
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Meanings

verbdeturpate (third-person singular simple present deturpates, present participle deturpating, simple past and past participle deturpated)

present singular third person deturpates · participle present deturpating · participle past deturpated · past deturpated

  1. obsoletetransitiveusually religiousTo 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.

Origin

  1. Latindēturpātus
  2. Englishdeturpate

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.

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APA

deturpate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deturpate

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“deturpate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deturpate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deturpate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deturpate.

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