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deturpating

deturpating is the present participle and gerund of deturpate.

Meaning of deturpate

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive, usually religious) To defile; to disfigure.
    • 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

Questions about deturpating

What is deturpating the present participle and gerund of?
Deturpating is the present participle and gerund of deturpate.

Words near deturpating in the dictionary

  1. deturning
  2. deturns
  3. deturpate
  4. deturpated
  5. deturpates
  6. deturpating
  7. deturpation
  8. deturpations
  9. deturs
  10. detusk
  11. detusked

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