DEFLOWER

mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate

(verb) make imperfect; “nothing marred her beauty”

deflower, ruin

(verb) deprive of virginity; “This dirty old man deflowered several young girls in the village”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

deflower (third-person singular simple present deflowers, present participle deflowering, simple past and past participle deflowered)

(transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

Synonym: deflorate

(transitive) To deprive of flowers.

(transitive) To deprive of grace and beauty.

Anagrams

• flowered, reflowed

Source: Wiktionary


De*flow"er, v. t. Etym: [Pref. de- + flower.]

Definition: Same as Deflour. An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. W. Montagu. If a man had deflowered a virgin. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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