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To deprive of flowers.

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  1. v. t. To deprive of flowers.
  2. v. t. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
  3. v. t. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce.
  4. 1. To deprive of flowers. 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. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce.