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▪ I. † deˈturpate, ppl. a. Obs. In 6 -at. [ad. L. dēturpāt-us, pa. pple. of dēturpāre.] Defiled.
c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 1046 The sayd glasse is nat deturpat nor made foule. ▪ II. † deturpate, v. Obs.|dɪˈtɜːpeɪt| [f. ppl. stem of L. dēturpāre to disfigure, f. de- I. 3 + turpāre to make unsightly, pollute, deform, disgrace, f. turpis foul, disgraceful.] 1. trans. To defile, pollute; to debase.
1623Cockeram, Deturpate, to defile. 1628Prynne Lovelockes 52 These Vnchristian cultures, which Defile, Pollute, Deturpate and deforme our Soules. 1647Jer. Taylor Dissuas. Popery i. (1686) 99 The heresies and impieties which had deturpated the face of the Church. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp., Nigritude deturpates them [the Teeth]. 2. intr. To become vile or base.
1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 484 He did nothing but deturpate, and so continued worse and worse till his death. 1833Fraser's Mag. VII. 635 He afterwards deturpated, and became idle, dissipated, and reckless. |