turpify, turpifie

t. [Lat, turpis disgraceful, and facio (pa . fio )=to make.] To cal umniate. "Thus turpifle the reputation of my doctrine."-Sidney: Wanstead Play , p. 620. tur-pin, s. [A corrupt. of terrapin (q. v.).] A freshwater or land tortoise. tur-pin-i-a, subst. [Named after M. Turpin, a French naturalist and artist.] Bot.: A genus of Staphyleacese. Inflorescence in terminal panicles, calyx five-parted, petals five, inserted on a ten-lobed disk; stamens five; filaments awl-shaped; styles three; fruit three-celled, each cell with two or three seeds. Treos or shrubs from the West and East Indies. The fruits of some species are eaten. The leaves of Turpinia pom if era are used in India as fodder. tür-pis câu-şa, phrase. [Latin=a disgraceful cause.] Law: A base or vile consideration on which no action can be founded.