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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1490-1550
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Stupratio(u)n, -cioun, n. [17th c. Eng. stupration (1646), OF stupration, L. stuprātiōn-; Stuprate v.] Violation (of a woman). — c1490 Irland Asl. MS 73/8.
I haue synnit … in adultery fornicacoun stupracioun defloracioun or ony vther maner 1533 Bell. Livy II 2/25.
The stupratioun and deforcement of Lucres 1535 Stewart 23754.
Rapt, and incest, and defloratioun Stupration [pr. Stuprian] to him wes sic plesour c1550 Rolland Court of Venus iii 561.
Of ane woman for haistie stupratioun Four scoir thousandis of men … war slane
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