devirginate

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16
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Letters
11
Pronunciation
/diːˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒɪneɪt/
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/diːˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒɪneɪt/ · /diːˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒɪnət/

Definition of devirginate

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (obsolete)To deprive of virginity; to deflower.
    “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”
    “The Troians retire to their walls, and the Grecians to their Camp, when Achilles at a feſtivall relates the wonderfull story of Cygnus; which is paralell'd by Neſtor with another of Ceneus, once a maid, then called Cænis and devirginated by Neptune […]”
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verb

  1. (obsolete)To deprive of virginity; to deflower.
    “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”
    “The Troians retire to their walls, and the Grecians to their Camp, when Achilles at a feſtivall relates the wonderfull story of Cygnus; which is paralell'd by Neſtor with another of Ceneus, once a maid, then called Cænis and devirginated by Neptune […]”

adj

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete, rare)Deprived of virginity.
    “Fair Hero, left devirginate, Weighs and with fury wails her state: But with her love and woman wit She argues, and approveth it.”

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Etymology

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

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