Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deflower"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Deflower \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deflower
v 1: deprive of virginity; "This dirty old men deflowered several
young girls in the village"
2: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: {mar}, {impair},
{spoil}, {vitiate}]
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