deflower \de*flow"er\, v. t. [Previously also spelled
deflour.] [imp. & p. p. Deflowered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deflowering.] [F. d['e]florer, LL. deflorare; L. de- +
flos, floris, flower. See Flower, and cf. Deflorate.]
1. To deprive of flowers.
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An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. --W.
Montagu.
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2. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the
choicest ornament.
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3. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to
ravish; also, to seduce.
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If a man had deflowered a virgin. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
deflower
v 1: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several
young girls in the village" [syn: ruin]
2: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: mar, impair,
spoil, vitiate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "deflower":
abuse, adulterate, alloy, assault sexually, betray, canker,
cheapen, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch,
deceive, defile, deflorate, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave,
depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devalue, devastate,
devirginate, devour, distort, force, harry, havoc, infect,
lead astray, mislead, misuse, outrage, pervert, poison, pollute,
possess sexually, prostitute, rape, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce,
soil, spoil, sully, taint, take, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate,
vulgarize, warp
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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