Prostitute /(?)/
Pros·ti·tute
Prostitute
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Prostituted; p. pr. & vb. n. Prostituting
- To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire.
- To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers.
Prostitute
a.
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Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes.
Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread.
Prostitute
n.
- A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.
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A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire.
No hireling she, no prostitute to praise.