DEFLOUR
De*flour", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defloured; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deflouring.] Etym: [F. déflorer, 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.
DEFLOURER
De*flour"er, n.
Defn: One who deflours; a ravisher.
DEFLOW
De*flow", v. i. Etym: [Pref. de- + flow: cf. L. defluere.]
Defn: To flow down. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
DEFLOWER
De*flow"er, v. t. Etym: [Pref. de- + flower.]
Defn: Same as Deflour.
An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. W. Montagu.
If a man had deflowered a virgin. Milton.