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Meaning of DEFLOUR

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\De*flour"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Defloured}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Deflouring}.] [F. d['e]florer, LL. deflorare; L. de-
+ flos, floris, flower. See {Flower}, and cf. {Deflorate}.]
1. To deprive of flowers.
2. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the
   choicest ornament.
         He died innocent and before the sweetness of his
         soul was defloured and ravished from him. --Jer.
                                               Taylor.
3. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to
   ravish; also, to seduce.
 
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