Unmaiden v.

[UN-² 6 b. Cf. Du. ontmaagden, G. entmägden.] trans. To deprive of maidenhood; to deflower.

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1579. Northbrooke, Dicing, 68 b. Through this dauncing many maidens haue beene vnmaidened.

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1612. Drayton, Poly-olb., vii. 47. Least by the Sylvans … She might unmaidned goe unto her soreraigne flood.

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1660. J. S., Andromana, II. v. Sturdy Hercules, When he unmaiden’d fifty in one night.

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a. 1693. Urquhart’s Rabelais, III. xii. (1694), 96. He unmaiden’d his Sister Juno.

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[1876. Whitby Gloss., Unmaiden’d, married.]

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refl. 1592. Warner, Alb. Eng., VIII. xli. 179. Think not Lord Cliffords daughter will vn-maiden her for pay.

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Hence Unmaidening vbl. sb.

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a. 1693. Urquhart’s Rabelais, III. vi. 58. The unmaidning or depucelating of a hundred Virgins.

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