Unflower

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To strip the flowers from. transitive

    "Look where the winds unflower / The once leaf-flowered tree."

  2. 2
    To deflower; to take the virginity of. transitive

    "To prevent the erosion of his own authority, Basil is persuaded to re-enact his father's crime — to unflower the servant girl on her nuptial night."

Example

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"Look where the winds unflower / The once leaf-flowered tree."

Etymology

From un- + flower.

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