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Devirginate

//diːˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒɪneɪt// adj, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Deprived of virginity. not-comparable, obsolete, rare

    "Fair Hero, left devirginate, Weighs and with fury wails her state: But with her love and woman wit She argues, and approveth it."

Verb
  1. 1
    To deprive of virginity; to deflower. obsolete

    "a profligate Christian attempted to devirginate a Maid, but the Mother being present, resisted him, and endeavouring to free her from his intended Rape, whereat the Spaniard enrag'd, cut off her Hand with a short Sword, and stab'd the Virgin in several places, till she Expir'd"

Etymology

Etymology 1

First attested in 1583; borrowed from Latin dēvirginātus, perfect passive participle of dēvirginō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

First attested in c. 1470, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English devirginat(e), borrowed from Latin dēvirginātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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