† devirginateadj.

Etymology: < Latin dēvirginātus, past participle of dēvirgināre : see devirginate v.

Obsolete. rare.

Deprived of virginity, deflowered.

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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > loss of chastity > [adjective] > led into unchastity or defiled > deprived of virginity

devirginatec1470

unvirgined1596

deflowereda1616

devirginated1654

c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. lxiii. xx And for they would not be deuirgynate, They slewe theim all.

1600 G. Chapman tr. Musæus Divine Poem iii. Argt. Fair Hero, left devirginate, Weighs, and with fury wails her state.

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† devirginatev.

Etymology: < Latin dēvirgināt- participial stem of dēvirgināre to deprive of virginity, deflower, < de- prefix 1f + virgin-em virgin, maid.

Obsolete.

transitive. To deprive of virginity; to deflower, violate. Also figurative.

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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [verb (transitive)] > take the virginity of

deflowera1382

depucel1440

defloratec1470

deflourisha1513

unmaiden?1577

devirginate1583

dismaiden1603

depucelate1611

disvirgin1611

woman1611

unmaid1637

unvirgin1638

1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses sig. Lviiiv To deuerginat Mayds, to deflour honest Wyues.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1953) VI. 185 That Virgin soule, devirginated in the blood of Adam, but restored in the blood of the Lambe.

a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxxiv. 157 Though Shechem had done the Maiden this wrong to devirginate her.

a1681 R. Allestree 40 Serm. (1684) II. 96 To make use of watchfulness over ourselves, that sin do not devirginate us.

Derivatives

deˈvirginated adj.

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