revirginize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ virgin +‎ -ize

Verb[edit]

revirginize (third-person singular simple present revirginizes, present participle revirginizing, simple past and past participle revirginized)

  1. (transitive) To make into a virgin over again.
    • 1961, Norman R. Ford, The black, the grey, and the gold[1], page 195:
      The System has been violated, a lot of misguided young men are being screwed and now the 'authorities' are trying to revirginize that same Honor Code and use it to make a hundred and twelve cadets take the blame for all.