Meaning of DEFLOWER
| Pronunciation: | | di'flawur
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- [v] make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty"
- [v] deprive of virginity; "This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village"
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| | Synonyms: | | impair, mar, ruin, spoil, vitiate |
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| | See Also: | | blemish, cloud, copulate, corrupt, couple, damage, deface, defile, disfigure, mate, pair, sully, taint | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*flow"er\, v. t. [Pref. de- + flower.]
Same as {Deflour}.
An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. --W.
Montagu.
If a man had deflowered a virgin. --Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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