deturpate

English

Etymology

Latin deturpare; de + turpare (“to make ugly, defile”), turpis (“ugly, foul”).

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To defile; to disfigure.
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

  1. second-person plural present indicative of deturpare
  2. second-person plural imperative of deturpare
  3. feminine plural of deturpato

Latin

Verb

dēturpāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēturpō
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