deturpate

verb /ˈdɛtə(ɹ)peɪt/

1. To defile; to disfigure.

   obsolete, transitive

   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.

   1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery

Where it comes from

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.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry deturpate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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