'deflour' definitions:
Definition of 'deflour'
From: GCIDE
- deflour \de*flour"\, v. t. [Pref. de- + flower.] Same as Deflower. [archaic] [1913 Webster]
- He died innocent and before the sweetness of his soul was defloured and ravished from him. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'deflour'
From: GCIDE
- deflower \de*flow"er\, v. t. [Previously also spelled deflour.] [imp. & p. p. Deflowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Deflowering.] [F. d['e]florer, LL. deflorare; L. de- + flos, floris, flower. See Flower, and cf. Deflorate.]
- 1. To deprive of flowers. [1913 Webster]
- An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. --W. Montagu. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce. [1913 Webster]
- If a man had deflowered a virgin. --Milton. [1913 Webster]