Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

deflower

deflower , transitive verb

[French déflorer, Late Latin deflorare; Latin de- + flos, floris, flower. See Flower, and compare Deflorate.]

1.
To deprive of flowers.
An earthquake... deflowering the gardens. — W. Montagu
2.
To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.
3.
To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce.
If a man had deflowered a virgin. — Milton