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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deflower/diːˈflaʊə(r)/

▶verb dated or literary deprive (a woman) of her virginity.

– origin ME: from OFr. desflourer, from a var. of late L. deflorare, from de- + L. flos, flor- ‘a flower’.

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