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deflour |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Deflour \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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