† constuˈpration Obs.
[n. of action f. L. constuprāre: see prec. So in F. (Cotgrave).]
Ravishing, violation of chastity.
| 1611 Cotgr., Constupration, a constupration, ravishing, deflouring, defiling of a woman. 1612–5 Bp. Hall Contempl. O.T. xvi. iv, Had not that constupration beene partly violent. 1652 Peyton Catastr. Ho. Stuarts (1731) 22 Most of his Wisdom consisting in such Constuprations. 1755 Johnson, Ravishment, violation, forcible constupration. |