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
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.
• 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
18 September 2024
(noun) a jet engine in which a fan driven by a turbine provides extra air to the burner and gives extra thrust
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
