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Meaning of devirginate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1
/diːˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒɪneɪt/

Definitions

To deprive of virginity; to deflower.

obsolete

Examples

“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 […]”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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