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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
deflour .
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Examples
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For he that had defloured a free woman, had his membres cutte of, because in one offence, he had committed thre no small wickednesses.
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Doubtless that doctrine is of a most spotless, untainted innocency, which its adversaries dare not venture to strangle before they have violently and treacherously defloured it.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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Give us the churches of Christ, such as they were in the days of the apostles, and down to Ignatius, though before that time (if Hegesippus may be believed) somewhat defloured, and our contest about church officers and government will be nearer at an end than perhaps you will readily imagine.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
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Adelwold, which tooke the towne of Winborne besides Bath, and maried a nun there, whome he had defloured, & attempted manie things against his brother.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed
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The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have defloured thee, even to the crown of the head.
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Under the apple tree I raised thee up: there thy mother was corrupted, there she was defloured that bore thee.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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The children also of Memphis, and of Taphnes have defloured thee, even to the crown of the head.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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But the mother of the gentlewoman would not that hir daughter should be defloured: and therefore in the darke of the night brought one of hir maidseruants, and laid hir in the kings bed, she being both faire, proper, and pleasant.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (6 of 8) The Sixt Booke of the Historie of England Raphael Holinshed
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A wicked woman falsely accused him of having defloured her; for which supposed crime he was dragged through the streets, beaten, and insulted, as a base hypocrite, under the garb of a monk.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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Under the apple tree I raised thee up: there thy mother was corrupted, there she was defloured that bore thee.
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