constuprate en · VERB
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin constuprātus, perfect passive participle of constuprō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + stuprum (“dishonor, shame”) + -ō.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To rape, violate.
Anno 1527, when Rome was sacked by Burbonius,[…]their wives and loveliest daughters constuprated by every base cullion, as Sejanus' daughter was by the hangman in public […].
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 4, subsection vii:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| constuprates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| constuprating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| constuprated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| constuprated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Synonyms
abuse · grape · pollute · outrage · outrage · vitiate · rape · dishonour · force · r-word · oppress · viole · scotch · ravish · defoul · abuse · violate · ravish · ravage · constuprate · defile · misuse · turn out