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devirginating

devirginating is the present participle and gerund of devirginate.

Meaning of devirginate

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To deprive of virginity; to deflower.
    • 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'd1552, Bartolomé de las Casas, “Chapter 11”, in A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies

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Questions about devirginating

What is devirginating the present participle and gerund of?
Devirginating is the present participle and gerund of devirginate.

Words near devirginating in the dictionary

  1. Devipatan
  2. Devipatan Division
  3. devirginate
  4. devirginated
  5. devirginates
  6. devirginating
  7. devirgination
  8. devirginations
  9. devirginator
  10. devirginators
  11. devirginisation

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