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/ˈdɛtə(ɹ)peɪt/ · verb
(obsolete, transitive, usually religious) To defile; to disfigure..
1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery 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.
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Deturpate means (obsolete, transitive, usually religious) To defile; to disfigure..
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1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery 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.
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