DEFLOUR

deflour. Deflour, v.t. to ravish, ruin, take away beauty

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De‐flour″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defloured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deflouring.] [[F. déflorer, LL. deflorare; L. de- + flos, floris, flower. See Flower, and cf. Deflorate.]] 1. 1. To deprive of flowers.
2. 2. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
He died innocent and before the sweetness of his soul was defloured and ravished from him. Jer. Taylor. 3. 3. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce.