Constuprate
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To rape, violate. obsolete
"Anno 1527, when Rome was sacked by Burbonius,[…]their wives and loveliest daughters constuprated by every base cullion, as Sejanus' daughter was by the hangman in public […]."
Example
More examples"Anno 1527, when Rome was sacked by Burbonius,[…]their wives and loveliest daughters constuprated by every base cullion, as Sejanus' daughter was by the hangman in public […]."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin constuprātus, perfect passive participle of constuprō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + stuprum (“dishonor, shame”) + -ō.
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