Definition
An extremely rare or possibly obsolete verb meaning to restore something from a degraded or disfigured state; to clean or purify.
Etymology
From Latin 'deturpatus' (past participle of 'deturpare', from 'de-' meaning 'down/away' + 'turpis' meaning 'ugly, base, shameful'). This word is virtually absent from modern English and may exist primarily in historical or philosophical texts.
Kelly Says
This word's root 'turpis' (ugly) is related to 'turpitude'—and imagining how to reverse ugliness or baseness in character was exactly the kind of moral challenge Renaissance philosophers loved to debate with precise Latin terminology.
Translations
ARالعربية
تشويه
ta-sho-i-ye
BNবাংলা
বিচ্যুতি
bi-ch-yuti
CACatalà
distorsionar
dis-tor-sion-ar
CSČeština
zkreslit
zk-res-lit
DADansk
forvrænge
for-v-r-aenge
DEDeutsch
verderben
ver-der-ben
ELΕλληνικά
παραμορφώσει
pa-ra-mor-fo-sei
ESEspañol
desvirtuar
de-s-vir-t-uar
FAفارسی
دگرگون
de-gar-goon
FISuomi
vääristää
vää-ri-stää
FRFrançais
dénaturer
de-na-turer
HUMagyar
torzítani
tor-zi-ta-ni
IDBahasa Indonesia
mendistorsi
men-dis-tor-si
IGIG
nwere ike ịgba ọsọ
nwe-re i-ke i-gba o-so
ITItaliano
distorcere
dis-tor-che-re
KMKM
ប្រព័ន្ធបានបាត់
pra-pov-an-ba-n ba-t
MSBahasa Melayu
mendistorsi
men-dis-tor-si
MYမြန်မာ
ပြောင်းလဲ
pyan-g-le
NLNederlands
vervalsing
ver-vals-ing
NONorsk
forvrenge
for-vrenge
PLPolski
zniekształcać
z-nie-sk-ha-t-cha-c
PTPortuguês
desvirtuar
de-s-vir-tuar
RORomână
a deforma
a de-for-ma
RUРусский
искажать
is-ka-zhat
SVSvenska
förvränga
för-vräng-a
SWKiswahili
kupotosha
ku-po-to-sha
TAதமிழ்
மாற்றம்
ma-rat-tam
TEతెలుగు
వికৃతం
vi-kru-tam
TLTL
mag-distort
mag-dis-tort
TRTürkçe
bozulmak
bo-zu-l-mak
UKУкраїнська
спотворювати
spo-t-voryu-vaty
VITiếng Việt
làm méo mó
lam me-o mo