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▪ I. † deˈvirginate, pa. pple. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. dēvirgināt-us, pa. pple. of dēvirgināre: see next.]
Deprived of virginity, deflowered.
c1470Harding Chron. lxiii. xx, And for they would not be deuirgynate, They slewe theim all. 1600Chapman Musæus iii. Argt., Fair Hero, left devirginate, Weighs, and with fury wails her state.
▪ II. † deˈvirginate, v. Obs.
[f. L. dēvirgināt- ppl. stem of dēvirgināre to deprive of virginity, deflower, f. de- I. 6 + virgin-em virgin, maid.]
trans. To deprive of virginity; to deflower, violate. Also fig. Hence deˈvirginated ppl. a.
1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1879) 145 To deverginat Mayds, to deflour honest Wyues. 1624Donne Serm. ii. 19 That Virgin Soule devirginated in the blood of Adam but restored in the blood of the Lamb. a1639W. Whately Prototypes ii. xxxiv. (1640) 157 Though Shechem had done the Maiden this wrong to devirginate her. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iii. viii. 120 Her devirginated Daughter. a1680R. Allestree Serm. (1684) II. 96 (L.) To make use of watchfulness over ourselves, that sin do not devirginate us. |