different between deflower vs devirginate

English

Etymology

From Middle English deflouren, from Old French desflorer (modern French déflorer), from Late Latin defl?r?re.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a??(?)
• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??fla??(?)/

Verb

deflower (third-person singular simple present deflowers, present participle deflowering, simple past and past participle deflowered)

1. (transitive) To take the virginity of (somebody), especially a woman or girl.

   Synonym: deflorate
2. (transitive) To deprive of flowers.
3. (transitive) To deprive of grace and beauty.

Derived terms

• defloration, deflowerment

Translations

Anagrams

• flowered, reflowed

English

Etymology

Latin d?virgin?tus.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /di??v??(?)d??ne?t/
• (adjective) IPA^(key): /di??v??(?)d??n?t/

Verb

devirginate (third-person singular simple present devirginates, present participle devirginating, simple past and past participle devirginated)

1. To deprive of virginity; to deflower.
   • 1552, Bartolomé de las Casas, A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies Chapter 11

     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

   • 1621-1626, George Sandys, Metamorphoses

     once a maid , then called Cænis and devirginated by Neptune

Adjective

devirginate (not comparable)

1. Deprived of virginity.

Anagrams

• denigrative

Latin

Verb

d?virgin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?virgin?