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.
a. 1586. Sidney, Wanstead Play, Wks. (1629), 620. O [that] a woman … should thus turpifie the reputation of my doctrine, with the superscription of a foole.
