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Definition of Stuprate
1. v. t. To ravish; to debauch.
Definition of Stuprate
1. to ravish [v STUPRATED, STUPRATING, STUPRATES] - See also: ravish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stuprate
| stupidy stupified stupifies stupify stupifying stuping stupor stuporlike stuporous stuporously | stuporousness stupors stupose stupour stuprate (current term) stuprated stuprates stupration stuprations stuprous | stur |
Literary usage of Stuprate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"... defile, debauch : see stuprate.] Violation of chastity by force ; rape.
stuprum (stu'prum), n. [NL., < L. stuprum, defilement, dishonor.] 1. ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"... istu'-pe-fj) va To make stupid ; to deprive of sensibility ; to dull.
To stuprate, (stu'-prate) vo. To ravish ; to violate. ..."
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