deturpate

verb

-ed/-ing/-s

transitive verb

obsolete : debase, defile

intransitive verb

obsolete : to become vile or debased

Word History

Etymology

Latin deturpatus, past participle of deturpare to disfigure, from de from, away + turpare to disfigure, defile, from turpis ugly, foul, shameful

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