Defn: Of or pertaining to prostitutes or prostitution; meretricious.
[Obs.] Bale.
PROSTITUTE
Pros"ti*tute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prostituted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Prostituting.] Etym: [L. prostitutus, p. p. of prostituere to
prostitute; pro before, forth + statuere to put, place. See Statute.]
1. To offer, as a woman, to a lewd use; to give up to lewdness for hire. "Do not prostitute thy daughter." Lev. xix. 29.
2. To devote to base or unworthy purposes; to give up to low or indiscriminate use; as, to prostitute talents; to prostitute official powers. Milton.
PROSTITUTE
Pros"ti*tute, a. Etym: [L. prostitutus, p. p.]
Defn: Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous
purposes.
Made bold by want, and prostitute for bread. Prior
PROSTITUTE
Pros"ti*tute, n. Etym: [L. prostituta.]
1. A woman giver to indiscriminate lewdness; a strumpet; a harlot.
2. A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire. No hireling she, no prostitute to praise. Pope.
PROSTITUTION
Pros`ti*tu"tion, n. Etym: [L. prostitutio: cf. F. prostitution.]