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ˈturpify, v. rare.
[ad. L. turpificāre (recorded only in pa. pple. turpificātus) to make filthy, foul, or bad, f. L. turpi-s + -ficāre: see prec. and -fy.]
trans. To make foul or filthy; to befoul, besmirch.
a1586Sidney Wanstead Play Wks. (1629) 620 O [that] a woman..should thus turpifie the reputation of my doctrine, with the superscription of a foole. |